Cēsis Municipality

Cēsis Municipality (Cēsu novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Vaive parish and Cēsis town, which became the administrative centre. As of 2020, the population was 16,291.

On 1 July 2021, Cēsis Municipality was enlarged when Amata Municipality, Jaunpiebalga Municipality, Līgatne Municipality, Pārgauja Municipality, Priekuļi Municipality and Vecpiebalga Municipality were merged into it.

The territory of Cēsis Municipality is defined by law as a part of the region of Vidzeme.

Subdivisions
After the 2021 merger, Cēsis Municipality consists of the following subunits:


 * Amata Parish
 * Cēsis city
 * Drabeši Parish
 * Dzērbene Parish
 * Ineši Parish
 * Jaunpiebalga Parish
 * Kaive Parish
 * Liepa Parish
 * Līgatne Parish
 * Mārsnēni Parish
 * Nītaure Parish
 * Priekuļi Parish
 * Raiskums Parish
 * Skujene Parish
 * Stalbe Parish
 * Straupe Parish
 * Taurene Parish
 * Vaive Parish
 * Vecpiebalga Parish
 * Veselava Parish
 * Zaube Parish
 * Zosēni Parish

Twin towns — sister cities
Cēsis is twinned with:


 * 🇩🇪 Achim, Germany
 * 🇦🇿 Baku, Azerbaijan
 * 🇷🇺 Gatchinsky District, Russia
 * 🇵🇱 Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland
 * 🇪🇪 Rakvere, Estonia
 * 🇱🇹 Rokiškis, Lithuania
 * 🇸🇪 Tyresö, Sweden
 * 🇺🇦 Zhovkva, Ukraine
 * 🇬🇷 Loutraki, Greece