Olaine Municipality Explained

Olaine Municipality
Native Name:	Olaines novads
Native Name Lang:	lv
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Subdivision Type:	Country
Established Title:	Formed
Established Date:	2009
Seat Type:	Centre
Seat:	Olaine
Leader Title:	Council Chair
Leader Name:	Andris Bergs
Leader Party:	LSDSP
Population Density Km2:	auto
Postal Code Type:	Postal code

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.^[1]

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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia.

Olaine is twinned with:^[2]

• Karlskoga, Sweden
• Nowa Sarzyna, Poland
• Ödeshög, Sweden
• Riihimäki, Finland
• Vadstena, Sweden

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

References

56.7722°N 24.0019°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. 2021-02-12.
2. Web site: Olaines novada – Attīstības programma 2014. – 2020. gadam. olaine.lv. Olaine. 63. lv. 2019-08-31.