Aizkraukle Municipality
Aizkraukle Municipality is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. Its center is the town of Aizkraukle. The municipality was first formed in 2001 by merging Aizkraukle and Aizkraukle Parish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: municipality of Latvia with 29,400 residents
- Description: municipality of Latvia from 1 July 2021
- Also known as: “Ayzkraukl’skiy”
- Historically known as: “Aizkraukles Rajons”, “Stuchkinskiy Rayon”, and “Stučkas Rajons”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aizkraukle and Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant.
Aizkraukle
Railway station
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aizkraukle Station is a railway station on the Riga – Daugavpils Railway.
Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant
Dam
Photo: Gunars, Public domain.
The Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the Baltics and one of the biggest in the European Union. It is located in Aizkraukle on the Daugava River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aizkraukle and Sērene.
Aizkraukle
Town
Photo: Егор Журавлёв, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aizkraukle is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality, of which it is the administrative centre. Most of Aizkraukle is situated on the right bank of the Daugava River.
Sērene
Village
Photo: Alek Sandrs, CC BY 3.0.
Sērene is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Aizkraukle Municipality.
Aizkraukle Municipality
- Location: Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Aizkraukle Municipality” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Այզկրաուկլեի շրջան”
- Asturian: “Aizkraukle”
- Azerbaijani: “Ayzqrauql diyarı”
- Basque: “Aizkraukle udalerria”
- Belarusian: “Айзкраўкльскі край”
- Catalan: “Municipi d’Aizkraukle”
- Chinese: “Aizkraukle Chū-tī-thé”
- Chinese: “艾茲克勞克萊市鎮”
- Danish: “Aizkraukles novads”
- Dutch: “Aizkraukles novads”
- Esperanto: “municipo Aizkraukle”
- Esperanto: “Municipo Aizkraukle”
- Estonian: “Aizkraukle piirkond”
- French: “Aizkraukle”
- Galician: “Municipio de Aizkraukle”
- Georgian: “აიზკრაუკლეს მხარე”
- German: “Bezirksgemeinde Aizkraukle”
- Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Aizkraukle”
- Italian: “Municipalità di Aizkraukle”
- Japanese: “アイズクラウクレ市”
- Korean: “아이스크라우클레시”
- Latgalian: “Aizkraukļa nūvods”
- Latvian: “Aizkraukles novads”
- Lithuanian: “Aizkrauklės savivaldybė”
- Macedonian: “Ајзкраукле (општина)”
- Macedonian: “Ајзкраукле”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Aizkraukle Chū-tī-thé”
- Northern Frisian: “Aizkraukles novads”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aizkraukle”
- Persian: “شهرداری آیزکراوکل”
- Polish: “Aizkraukle”
- Romanian: “Aizkraukle”
- Russian: “Айзкраукльский край”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Aizkraukle”
- Ukrainian: “Айзкраукленський край”
- Urdu: “آئزکراوکلے بلدیہ”
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