Ilūkste Municipality | |
Native Name: | Ilūkstes novads |
Native Name Lang: | lv |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Formed |
Established Date: | 2003 |
Seat Type: | Centre |
Seat: | Ilūkste |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Stefans Rāzna (LZS) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Ilūkste Municipality (Latvian: Ilūkstes novads) was a municipality in Selonia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2003 by merging Pilskalne Parish, Šēdere Parish, Bebrene Parish and Ilūkste town. In 2009 it absorbed Dviete parish, Eglaine parish and Subate town with its rural area the administrative centre being Ilūkste. In 2010 the rural area of Subate was reorganised as a separate territorial entity, Prode Parish. The population in 2020 was 6,412.[1]
On 1 July 2021, Ilūkste Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into the newly formed Augšdaugava Municipality.[2]
As of 1 January 2010 the ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:[3]
Ethnic group | Number | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Latvians | 5765 | 63,41 % | |
Russians | 1871 | 20,58 % | |
Poles | 770 | 8,47 % | |
Belarusians | 251 | 2,76 % | |
Lithuanians | 242 | 2,66 % | |
Others | 192 | 2,11 % |