Ilūkste Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Ilūkste Municipality Ilūkstes novads
Municipality
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Country	Latvia
Formed	2003
Centre	Ilūkste
Government
• Chairman	Stefans Rāzna (LZS)
Area ^[1]
• Total	647.46 km² (249.99 sq mi)
• Land	632.22 km² (244.10 sq mi)
• Water	15.24 km² (5.88 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	6,374
• Density	9.8/km² (25/sq mi)
Website	www.ilukste.lv

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.^[3]

On 1 July 2021, Ilūkste Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into the newly-formed Augšdaugava Municipality.^[4]

Demographics

Ethnic composition

As of 1 January 2010 the ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:^[5]

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 %

References

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^ "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.
^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pēc nacionālā sastāva 01.01.2010" (PDF). Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde. 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-06-26.