Smiltene Municipality
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Smiltene Municipality (Latvian: Smiltenes novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging the town of Smiltene with the rural parishes of Bilska, Blome, Branti, Grundzāle, Launkalne, Palsmane, Smiltene and Variņi. During the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, the previous municipality was merged with Ape Municipality and Rauna Municipality.
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Smiltene Municipality
Smiltenes novads | |
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Country | Latvia |
Formed | 2009 |
Reformed | 2021 |
Centre | Smiltene |
Government | |
• Council Chair | Edgars Avotiņš (NA) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,801.32 km2 (695.49 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,764.56 km2 (681.30 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[2] | |
• Total | 17,909 |
• Density | 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) |
Website | www |
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The administrative centre is in the town of Smiltene. The population in 2020 was 11,985.[3] It borders Estonia.