Inčukalns Municipality
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Inčukalns Municipality
Inčukalna novads | |
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File:Incukalnamapa.JPG | |
Country | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia |
Formed | 2006 |
Centre | Inčukalns |
Government | |
• Chairman | Aivars Nalivaiko (LZS) |
Area | |
• Water | Expression error: Missing operand for -. km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi) |
Website | www |
Inčukalns Municipality (Latvian: Inčukalna novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2006 by merging Inčukalns Parish and Vangaži town, the administrative centre being Inčukalns. The population in 2020 was 7,640.[1] On 1 July 2021, Inčukalns Municipality ceased to exist. Inčukalns Parish was merged into Sigulda Municipality and Vangaži town was merged into Ropaži Municipality.[2]
Inčukalns underground gas storage
Inčukalns underground gas storage facility, which helps to serve the Baltic States, is located in the municipality.[3][4] The facility has a storage capacity of 4.47 bcm.[5] The gas is stored approximately 800 meters underground. The facility is linked to the Balticconnector.
See also
References
- ↑ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas". likumi.lv.
- ↑ "Latvia Gas Inčukalns UGS website". www.lg.lv.
- ↑ "Estonia in position to turn off winter gas for Russia". Postimees. 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
- ↑ "Skulte LNG Terminal - Natural Gas Storage". Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.