Daugavpils Municipality
Daugavpils Municipality is a municipality in Latgalia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Ambeļi parish, Biķernieki parish, Demene parish, Dubna parish, Kalkūne parish, Kalupe parish, Laucesa parish, Līksna parish, Maļinova parish, Medumi parish, Naujene parish, Nīcgale parish, Saliena parish, Skrudaliena parish, Svente parish, Tabore parish, Vabole parish, Vecsaliena parish and Višķi parish, with the administration located in Daugavpils city, which is not included within the municipality.Demographics
Ethnic composition
As of 1 January 2010 the ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:
| Ethnic group | Number | % |
| Russians | 12182 | 42,72 % |
| Latvians | 9494 | 33,29 % |
| Poles | 3673 | 12,88 % |
| Belarusians | 1898 | 6,66 % |
| Ukrainians | 411 | 1,44 % |
| Others | 859 | 3,01 % |
Daugavpils Municipality is twinned with:
- Bad Doberan, Germany
- Braslaw, Belarus
- Edineț, Moldova
- Hlybokaye, Belarus
- Ichnia, Ukraine
- Łomża, Poland
- Rokiškis, Lithuania
- Sharkawshchyna, Belarus
- Vitebsk, Belarus
- Zarasai, Lithuania
- Zaraysky District, Russia
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