Rēzekne Municipality
Rēzekne Municipality
Rēzeknes novads | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Country | Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Reformed | 2021 |
| Centre | Rēzekne (extraterritorially) |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Guntars Skudra (V) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,810.90 km2 (1,085.29 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,588.51 km2 (999.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2025)[2] | |
• Total | 27,709 |
| • Density | 10.705/km2 (27.725/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Rēzekne Municipality (Latvian: Rēzeknes novads) is a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The centre of the municipality is Rēzekne, which is located outside its borders. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging municipalities of the former Rēzekne district with an expansion in 2021. The population in 2020 was 24,127.[3]
Subdivisions
Audriņi Parish, Bērzgale Parish, Čornaja Parish, Dekšāres Parish, Dricāni Parish, Feimaņi Parish, Gaigalava Parish, Griškāni Parish, Ilzeskalns Parish, Kantinieki Parish, Kaunata Parish, Lendži Parish, Lūznava Parish, Mākoņkalns Parish, Malta Parish, Nagļi Parish, Nautrēni Parish, Ozolaine Parish, Ozolmuiža Parish, Puša Parish, Rikava Parish, Sakstagals Parish, Silmala Parish, Sokolki Parish, Stoļerova Parish, Strūžāni Parish, Vērēmi Parish, Viļāni Parish, Viļāni town.[4]
2021 reform
Within the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, Viļāni Municipality was merged into Rēzekne Municipality.
It was initially planned to merge Varakļāni Municipality into Rēzekne Municipality as well, but, after protests from the local community, parts of which wanted to preserve the status quo or preferred joining Madona Municipality, the municipal council submitted a case to the Constitutional Court of Latvia in June 2020. On 28 May 2021 the court declared the planned merge is unconstitutional.[5] However, on June 31 the Saeima voted to proceed with the merge, which prompted the involvement of the President of Latvia Egils Levits to avoid triggering a constitutional crisis.[6] Ultimately, a decision was made to postpone the decision on the future of the Varakļāni and Rēzekne municipalities until 2025.[7] Due to this, the 2021 Latvian local elections for the new municipalities were also held in Varakļāni.[8][9] In 2024, it was decided that Varakļāni Municipality would be merged into Madona Municipality from 1 July 2025.
Twin towns — sister cities
Rēzekne Municipality is twinned with:[10]
References
- ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "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 10 October 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums".
- ^ Auers, Dainis (June 2021). "CONTINUITY IN CHANGE? Latvia's Local Governments after Regional Reform and Local Government Elections" (PDF). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Baltikum - Perspective. ISBN 978-9934-8853-5-8.
- ^ "President of Latvia expects Varakļāni region status issue to be resolved according to Satversme | Valsts prezidenta kanceleja". www.president.lv. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ "Deputies elected in Varaklani: People's election was motivated by the future of the local area after the regional reform". Baltics News. 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ Šteinfelde, Ilze (2021-09-13). "The election results confirm that combining Varakļāni and Rēzekne municipalities would be a mistake". Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ "Administrative territorial reform comes to force in Latvia". Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". rezeknesnovads.lv (in Latvian). Rēzeknes novads. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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