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Varakļāni Municipality
Former municipality of Latvia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Varakļāni Municipality (Latvian: Varakļānu novads) was a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed on 1 July 2009 by merging Varakļāni town, Murmastiene Parish and Varakļāni Parish of the former Madona district. The administrative centre was Varakļāni. It was merged into Madona Municipality on 1 July 2025.
Parts of Teiči Nature Reserve are located in the Municipality. The population in 2020 was 2,990.[3]
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Within the 2021 Latvian administrative reform it was initially planned to merge Varakļāni Municipality into Rēzekne Municipality. After protests from locals, parts of whom wanted to either preserve the status quo or preferred joining Madona Municipality, the municipal council submitted a case to the Constitutional Court of Latvia in June 2020.[citation needed] On 28 May 2021 the court declared the planned merge is unconstitutional.[4] However, on May 31 the Saeima voted to proceed with the merge, which prompted the involvement of the President of Latvia Egils Levits to avoid triggering a constitutional crisis.[5] Ultimately, a decision was made to postpone the decision on the future of the Varakļāni and Rēzekne municipalities until 2025.[6] Due to this, the 2021 Latvian local elections for the new municipalities were also held in Varakļāni.[7][8]
In June 2024, ultimately, the Saeima approved the merge of Varakļāni Municipality into Madona Municipality, immediately after the 2025 Latvian municipal elections.[9] Varakļāni Municipality officially ceased to exist on 1 July 2025 with the first session of the new Madona Municipality Council.[10]
Map of the municipality, 2021
Varakļāni Palace
Teiči Nature Reserve
Crucifix hut in Murmastiene
Stirniene Saint Laurentius Catholic Church, Varakļāni Parish
Varakļāni Station
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