Olaine Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Olaine Municipality Olaines novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Olaine
Government
• Council Chair	Andris Bergs (LSDSP)
Area ^[1]
• Total	308.68 km² (119.18 sq mi)
• Land	297.15 km² (114.73 sq mi)
• Water	11.53 km² (4.45 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[2]
• Total	20,505
• Density	66/km² (170/sq mi)
Website	www.olaine.lv

Olaine Municipality (Latvian: Olaines novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Olaine parish and Olaine town the administrative centre being Olaine. The population in 2020 was 19,667.^[3]

After the 2021 administrative reform, a part of Ķekava Parish of Ķekava Municipality (near the village of Jāņupe) was added to connect both of the separated areas of the municipality.

Twin towns — sister cities

Olaine is twinned with:^[4]

Karlskoga, Sweden
Nowa Sarzyna, Poland
Ödeshög, Sweden
Riihimäki, Finland
Vadstena, Sweden

Images

Boundaries of the municipality from 2009 to 2021

References

^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā) 2021 - 2022". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Olaines novada – Attīstības programma 2014. – 2020. gadam" (PDF). olaine.lv (in Latvian). Olaine. p. 63. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

First-level administrative divisions of Latvia

Municipalities

State cities

Jēkabpils, Ogre and Valmiera are also state cities. However, they are also part of municipalities and serve as second-level administrative divisions.

v t e State cities and municipalities in Riga Planning Region
State cities	Riga Jūrmala Ogre
Municipalities	Ādaži Ķekava Limbaži Mārupe Ogre Olaine Ropaži Salaspils Saulkrasti Sigulda Tukums
Ogre is a state city, but it is also part of Ogre Municipality. Unlike the other listed entities, it is not a first-level administrative division of Latvia.