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Planning regions of Latvia (before 2021)

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There are five planning regions of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas plānošanas reģioni); Kurzeme, Latgale, Riga, Vidzeme and Zemgale. The boundaries of the regions aligns to the boundaries of the municipalities of Latvia following the municipality reform of 1 July 2009. The planning regions of Latvia are not administrative territorial divisions, since they are not mentioned in the law that prescribes the administrative territorial divisions of Latvia.[1] They were replaced with new planning regions in 2021.

They are identical in area to the statistical regions of the country, except with different names and the city of Riga being separate from the rest of Riga Planning Region.

List

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Regions Largest city Area Population (per km²)[2]
Riga Riga 10,132 km² 989,525 (98/km²)
Kurzeme Liepāja 13,596 km² 233,229 (17/km²)
Latgale Daugavpils 14,549 km² 247,220 (17/km²)
Zemgale Jelgava 10,733 km² 225,017 (21/km²)
Vidzeme Valmiera 15,246 km² 180,766 (12/km²)
Latvia Riga 64,256 km² 1,875,757 (29/km²)

History

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Regional institutions began formation 1997 according to municipal initiatives on the planning of common development. Following legislation on regional development, the five planning regions were created according to the 5 May 2009 decision no. 391 of the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers: "Decisions on Territories of the Planning Regions.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums" (in Latvian). likumi.lv. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  2. ^ "Population by ethnicity in regions, cities and municipalities at the beginning of year (After administrative-territorial reform in 2021) 2021 - 2022".
  3. ^ "Plānošanas reģioni" (in Latvian). Ministry of Regional Development and Local-governments. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  4. ^ "Noteikumi par plānošanas reģionu teritorijām" (in Latvian). Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia. 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
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