Puren parish [1] ( Latvian. Pureņu pagasts , Lat . Purynu pogosts ) - located in the north-west of the Ludza region of Latvia .
| Volost | |
| Purensky volost | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Pureņu pagasts | |
| A country |  Latvia |
| Included in | Ludza region |
| Adm. center | Kivdolova |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | |
| Area | 59.57 km² |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 366 people ( 2011 ) |
| Density | 6.1 people / km² |
| Nationalities | Latvians, Russians |
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In the north it borders with the Tsirmsky volost , in the east - with the Iznaudsky volost , in the southeast and south - with the Nyukshinsky volost of its region, in the west - with the Stolerovsky volost of the Rezekne district of Latvia .
The volost center is the village of Kivdolova ( Latvian. Kivdolova , Lat . Kiudolova ). Other large villages: Auseni ( Latvian. Auzeņi ), Zhelezniki ( Latvian. Železnīki ).
Until 1984, the center of the volost (village council) was the village of Vitkupova [2] .
Distances: from the village of Kivdolova to the district center, the city of Ludza - 15 km south-west of the latter.
On the territory of the volost is Kivdolovskoye lake.
Population
According to the 2011 census of Latvia, out of 366 inhabitants of Purenskoy volost, Latvians accounted for 74.04% (271 people), Russians - 21.58% (79 people), Ukrainians - 2.46% (9 people) [3 ] .
Notes
- ↑ Formation of Russian adjectives from Latvian geographical names // Instructions for the Russian transfer of geographical names of the Latvian SSR / Compiled by G. N. Savvina . Editor: V.E. Staltman . - Moscow: TsNIIGAiK , 1989 .-- S. 26-28. - 300 copies.
- ↑ Latvijas pagasti: Enciklopēdija. - Riga: AS Preses nams, 2001-2002. - ISBN 9984-00-412-0
- ↑ Population and ethnic composition of cities, territories and volosts of Latvia by census 2011