Krāslava Municipality | |
Native Name: | Krāslavas novads |
Native Name Lang: | lv |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Formed |
Established Date: | 2001 |
Established Title2: | Reformed |
Established Date2: | 2021 |
Seat Type: | Centre |
Seat: | Krāslava |
Leader Title: | Council Chair |
Leader Name: | Gunārs Upenieks (LZS) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Krāslava Municipality (Latvian: Krāslavas novads, Kruoslovys nūvods) is a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging Krāslava Parish and Krāslava town. In 2009 it absorbed Auleja Parish, Indra Parish, Izvalta Parish, Kalnieši Parish, Kaplava Parish, Kombuļi Parish, Piedruja Parish, Robežnieki Parish, Skaista Parish and Ūdrīši Parish town the administrative centre being Krāslava.
On 1 July 2021, Krāslava Municipality was enlarged when the territory of the former Dagda Municipality and three parishes of the former Aglona Municipality were merged into it.[1]
As of 1 January 2010 the ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:[2]
Ethnic group | Number | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Latvians, including Latgalians[3] | 8878 | 44,43 % | |
Russians | 4376 | 21,90 % | |
Belarusians | 4215 | 21,09 % | |
Poles | 1672 | 8,37 % | |
Ukrainians | 271 | 1,36 % | |
Others | 571 | 2,86 % |