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Jelgava Municipality Jelgavas novads
Municipality
FlagCoat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Reformed	2021
Centre	Jelgava (extraterritorially)
Government
• Council Chair	Uldis Ainārs (V/JV)
Area
• Total	1,604.08 km (619.34 sq mi)
• Land	1,556.81 km (601.09 sq mi)
Population
• Total	32,053
• Density	20/km (52/sq mi)
Website	www.jelgavasnovads.lv/lv/

Jelgava Municipality (Latvian: Jelgavas novads) is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. Its administrative center is Jelgava, although it is extraterritorial as the city is a separate municipality of its own.

The municipality was formed in 2009 from Jelgava District by merging Eleja Parish, Glūda Parish, Jaunsvirlauka Parish, Lielplatone Parish, Līvbērze Parish, Platone Parish, Sesava Parish, Svēte Parish, Valgunde Parish, Vilce Parish, Vircava Parish, Zaļenieki Parish and Kalnciems town with its rural territory. As of 2020, the population was 21,738.

On 1 July 2021, Jelgava Municipality was enlarged when Ozolnieki Municipality and its parishes were merged into it during the Latvian administrative reform of 2021. It borders Lithuania.

Twin towns — sister cities

Jelgava Local Municipality is twinned with:

• Alytus, Lithuania
• Argeș County, Romania
• Berufsförderungswerk, Germany
• Fundão, Portugal
• Glodeni District, Moldova
• Joniškis, Lithuania
• Rava-Ruska, Ukraine
• Recklinghausen, Germany
• Suwałki, Poland
• Wodzisław County, Poland

References

1. "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
2. "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
3. "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.
4. "Sadraudzība". jelgavasnovads.lv (in Latvian). Jelgavas novads. Retrieved 2019-09-17.

External links

• Media related to Jelgava Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

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