Ogre Municipality

Ogre Municipality (Latvian: Ogres novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Ogre town and Ogresgals Parish. In 2009 it absorbed Krape Parish, Ķeipene Parish, Laubere Parish, Madliena Parish, Mazozoli Parish, Meņģele Parish, Suntaži Parish and Taurupe Parish, the administrative centre being Ogre. The population in 2021 was 57,617.^[3]

Ogre Municipality Ogres novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2002
Reformed	2021
Centre	Ogre
Government
• Council Chair	Egils Helmanis (NA)
Area [1]
• Total	1,839.39 km2 (710.19 sq mi)
• Land	1,766.82 km2 (682.17 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	57,689
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Website	www.ogresnovads.lv

During the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, the previous municipality was merged with Ikšķile Municipality, Ķegums Municipality and Lielvārde Municipality. The new municipality now fully corresponds with the area of the former Ogre district.

Population

Territorial unit	Population (year)
Birzgale Parish	1518 (2021)
Ikšķile	7278 (2021)
Jumprava Parish	1662 (2021)
Krape Parish	605 (2021)[4]
Ķegums	2103 (2021)
Ķeipene Parish	849 (2021)
Laubere Parish	568 (2021)
Lēdmane Parish	1092 (2021)
Lielvārde	5907 (2021)
Lielvārde Parish	886 (2021)
Madliena Parish	1476 (2021)
Mazozoli Parish	437 (2021)
Meņģele Parish	473 (2021)
Ogre	22978 (2021)
Ogresgals Parish	3055 (2021)
Rembate Parish	1026 (2021)
Suntaži Parish	1650 (2021)
Taurupe Parish	699 (2021)
Tīnūži Parish	2689 (2021)
Tome Parish	666 (2021)

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Ogre is twinned with:^[5]

• Ånge, Sweden
• Bollnäs, Sweden
• Chernihiv, Ukraine
• Haapsalu, Estonia
• Hengelo, Netherlands
• Jõhvi, Estonia
• Joué-lès-Tours, France
• Kelmė, Lithuania
• Kerava, Finland
• Lębork, Poland
• Maymana, Afghanistan
• Popasna, Ukraine

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)