Olaine Municipality
Olaine Municipality
Olaines novads | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Country | Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Olaine |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Andris Bergs (LSDSP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 308.66 km2 (119.17 sq mi) |
| • Land | 291.62 km2 (112.60 sq mi) |
| • Water | 17.04 km2 (6.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2026)[2] | |
• Total | 21,062 |
| • Density | 72.224/km2 (187.06/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Olaine Municipality (Latvian: Olaines novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Olaine parish and Olaine town the administrative centre being Olaine. The population in 2020 was 119,667.[3]
After the 2021 administrative reform, a part of Ķekava Parish of Ķekava Municipality (near the village of Jāņupe) was added to connect both of the separated areas of the municipality.
Twin towns — sister cities
- Karlskoga, Sweden
- Nowa Sarzyna, Poland
- Ödeshög, Sweden
- Riihimäki, Finland
- Vadstena, Sweden
References
- ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
- ^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Olaines novada – Attīstības programma 2014. – 2020. gadam" (PDF). olaine.lv (in Latvian). Olaine. p. 63. Retrieved 2019-08-31.