Babīte municipality
Encyclopedia
Babīte municipality is a municipality
in Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 when Babīte parish
and Sala parish
merged with the administrative centre becoming Piņķi
.
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 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 2009 when Babīte parish
Babīte parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Babīte parish :*...
and Sala parish
Sala parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sala parish :*...
merged with the administrative centre becoming Piņķi
Piņķi
Piņķi is a village in Babīte municipality, Latvia. Piņķi had 3,033 residents as of 2006....
.