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Viesīte Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Viesīte Municipality Viesītes novads
Municipality
Coat of arms

Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Viesīte
Government
• Council Chair	Alfons Žuks (V)
Area ^[1]
• Total	651.15 km² (251.41 sq mi)
• Land	626.62 km² (241.94 sq mi)
• Water	24.53 km² (9.47 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	3,535
• Density	5.4/km² (14/sq mi)
Website	www.viesite.lv

Viesīte Municipality (Latvian: Viesītes novads) is a former municipality in Selonia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Elkšņi parish, Rite parish, Sauka parish and Viesīte town with its countryside territory, the administrative centre being Viesīte. In 2010 Viesīte parish was created from the countryside territory of Viesīte town. The population in 2020 was 3,500.^[3]

On 1 July 2021, Viesīte Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Jēkabpils Municipality.^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Viesīte is twinned with:^[5]

Czeladź, Poland
Pastavy District, Belarus
Rokiškis, Lithuania
Zhydachiv, Ukraine

References

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^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". viesite.lv (in Latvian). Viesīte. Retrieved 2019-09-01.