Aizkraukle Municipality

Aizkraukle Municipality (Aizkraukles novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging town Aizkraukle and Aizkraukle Parish the administrative centre being Aizkraukle. The population in 2020 was 8,024.

As a part of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, the municipalities of Aizkraukle, Jaunjelgava, Koknese, Nereta, Pļaviņas and Skrīveri were merged into the new Aizkraukle Municipality. The new municipality encompasses nearly all of the area of the former Aizkraukle District, with the omission of Kurmene Parish and Valle Parish. It borders Lithuania and is partially located both in Vidzeme and Selonia.

Subdivisions

 * Aiviekste Parish
 * Aizkraukle Parish
 * Aizkraukle
 * Bebri Parish
 * Daudzese Parish
 * Irši Parish
 * Jaunjelgava Parish
 * Jaunjelgava
 * Klintaine Parish
 * Koknese Parish
 * Koknese
 * Mazzalve Parish
 * Nereta Parish
 * Pilskalne Parish
 * Pļaviņas
 * Sece Parish
 * Sērene Parish
 * Skrīveri Parish
 * Staburags Parish
 * Sunākste Parish
 * Vietalva Parish
 * Zalve Parish

Twin towns – sister cities
Aizkraukle is twinned with:


 * 🇱🇹 Biržai, Lithuania
 * 🇩🇪 Eppstein, Germany
 * 🇭🇺 Kiskunhalas, Hungary
 * 🇺🇦 Slavutych, Ukraine
 * 🇵🇱 Tczew, Poland
 * 🇩🇪 Thale, Germany