Amata municipality
Encyclopedia
Amata municipality is a municipality
in Vidzeme
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2000 by merging Amata parish
and Drabeši parish
, but in 2009 it absorbed Nītaure parish
, Skujene parish
and Zaube parish
, too the administrative centre being Drabeši.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Vidzeme
Vidzeme
Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning "the Middle Land" it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. The municipality was formed in 2000 by merging Amata parish
Amata parish
Amata parish is an administrative unit of the Amata municipality, Latvia.- Towns, villages and settlements of Amata parish :*...
and Drabeši parish
Drabeši parish
Drabeši parish is an administrative unit of the Amata municipality, Latvia....
, but in 2009 it absorbed Nītaure parish
Nītaure parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Nītaure parish :*...
, Skujene parish
Skujene parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Skujene parish :*...
and Zaube parish
Zaube parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Zaube parish :*...
, too the administrative centre being Drabeši.