Strenči Municipality () is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Vidzeme Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', ) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in north-centra ...

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. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Jērcēni parish, Plāņi parish, Strenči

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and Seda town with its countryside territory; the administrative centre being Strenči. The population in 2020 was 2,838. On 1 July 2021, Strenči Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into

Valmiera Municipality Valmiera Municipality () is one of the 35 Municipalities of Latvia, municipalities established in Latvia in 2021, located approximately west of the national capital Riga. Its first elected municipal council took office on 1 July 2021. Its seat i ...

Population

Twin towns — sister cities

Strenči is twinned with: * Lainate, Italy * Rimóc, Hungary * Rosice, Czech Republic * Sayda, Germany

References

Former municipalities of Latvia + {{Vidzeme-geo-stub

Population

Twin towns — sister cities

See also

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