Ilūkste Municipality
Municipality in Latvia
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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]
Ilūkste Municipality
Ilūkstes novads | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2003 |
| Centre | Ilūkste |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Stefans Rāzna (LZS) |
| Area | |
• 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 | 10.08/km2 (26.11/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
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 | % |
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| Latvians | 5765 | 63,41 % |
| Russians | 1871 | 20,58 % |
| Poles | 770 | 8,47 % |
| Belarusians | 251 | 2,76 % |
| Lithuanians | 242 | 2,66 % |
| Others | 192 | 2,11 % |
