List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia
This is a list of municipalities in Latvia having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.
A
Karlskrona, Sweden Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
Haanja (Võru Parish), Estonia Misso (Võru Parish), Estonia Ostrovsky District, Russia Pechorsky District, Russia Rõuge, Estonia Strugo-Krasnensky District, Russia Sundbyberg, Sweden Vastseliina (Võru Parish), Estonia Võru, Estonia Wettin-Löbejün, Germany
B
Dokshytsy District, Belarus Kupiškis, Lithuania Põlva, Estonia Pytalovsky District, Russia Żukowo, Poland
C
Achim, Germany Gatchinsky District, Russia Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland Rakvere, Estonia Rokiškis, Lithuania Tyresö, Sweden
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine Lagardelle-sur-Lèze, France Märjamaa, Estonia Volkhov, Russia Weyhe, Germany
D
Dubrowna, Belarus Narewka, Poland Smarhon’, Belarus Verkhnyadzvinsk, Belarus Visaginas, Lithuania
Alaverdi, Armenia Babruysk, Belarus Batumi, Georgia Central AO (Moscow), Russia Harbin, China Kharkiv, Ukraine Lida, Belarus Magnitogorsk, Russia Motala, Sweden Naro-Fominsk, Russia Panevėžys, Lithuania Pskov, Russia Radom, Poland Ramla, Israel Saint Petersburg, Russia Vagharshapat, Armenia Vitebsk, Belarus
Bad Doberan (district), Germany Braslaw District, Belarus Edineț, Moldova Hlybokaye District, Belarus Ichnia Raion, Ukraine Łomża County, Poland Rokiškis, Lithuania Sharkawshchyna District, Belarus Vitebsk District, Belarus Zarasai, Lithuania Zaraysky District, Russia
G
Ashmyany, Belarus Balmazújváros, Hungary Florești, Moldova Gatchinsky District, Russia Kętrzyn County, Poland Pskovsky District, Russia Räpina, Estonia Rietavas, Lithuania Them (Silkeborg), Denmark Valdina, Italy Xızı, Azerbaijan
I
Billerbeck, Germany Pasvalys, Lithuania Töreboda, Sweden
J
Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Poland Lida District, Belarus Maardu, Estonia Melle, Germany Myrhorod, Ukraine Qaraçuxur, Azerbaijan Rokiškis, Lithuania Sokołów Podlaski, Poland
Alcamo, Italy Baranavichy, Belarus Białystok, Poland Hällefors, Sweden Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Magadan, Russia Nova Odessa, Brazil Nacka, Sweden Pärnu, Estonia Rueil-Malmaison, France Šiauliai, Lithuania Vejle, Denmark Xinying (Tainan), Taiwan
Alytus, Lithuania Argeș County, Romania Baena, Spain Glodeni District, Moldova Grodno District, Belarus Joniškis, Lithuania Recklinghausen (district), Germany Slawharad District, Belarus Trivero (Valdilana), Italy
Admiralteysky (Saint Petersburg), Russia Alushta, Ukraine Anadia, Portugal Anaklia (Zugdidi), Georgia Cabourg, France Eskilstuna, Sweden Gävle, Sweden Jakobstad, Finland Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Palanga, Lithuania Samarkand, Uzbekistan South-Western AO (Moscow), Russia Terracina, Italy Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan
K
Kandava is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.[25] Kandava also has several other twin towns.[26]
Charter of European Rural Communities
Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kannus, Finland Kolindros, Greece Lassee, Austria Medzev, Slovakia Moravče, Slovenia Næstved, Denmark Nagycenk, Hungary Nadur, Malta Ockelbo, Sweden Pano Lefkara, Cyprus Põlva, Estonia Samuel (Soure), Portugal Slivo Pole, Bulgaria Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Strzyżów, Poland Tisno, Croatia Troisvierges, Luxembourg Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania
Other
Bordesholm, Germany Braslaw, Belarus Gostyń, Poland Nilüfer, Turkey Nizami, Azerbaijan Pskovsky District, Russia Raseiniai, Lithuania
Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland Hajnówka, Poland Volokolamsk, Russia
Frogn, Norway Geesthacht, Germany Mtskheta, Georgia
L
Årstad (Bergen), Norway Bellevue, United States Darmstadt, Germany Elbląg, Poland Gdynia, Poland Gomel, Belarus Guldborgsund, Denmark Helsingborg, Sweden Klaipėda, Lithuania Nynäshamn, Sweden Palanga, Lithuania
Aue, Germany Hlybokaye, Belarus Maków, Poland Molėtai, Lithuania Nevelsky District, Russia Novopolotsk, Belarus Polotsk, Belarus Rokiškis, Lithuania Sebezhsky District, Russia Svishtov, Bulgaria Zaslawye, Belarus
M
O
Ånge, Sweden Basarabeasca, Moldova Chernihiv, Ukraine Hengelo, Netherlands Jõhvi, Estonia Joué-lès-Tours, France Kelmė, Lithuania Kerava, Finland Maymana, Afghanistan Slonim, Belarus
Karlskoga, Sweden Nowa Sarzyna, Poland Ödeshög, Sweden Riihimäki, Finland
P
Motta Santa Lucia, Italy Oarja, Romania Rîșcani, Moldova Spydeberg, Norway
R
Aalborg, Denmark Almaty, Kazakhstan Beijing, China Bordeaux, France Bremen, Germany Cairns, Australia Dallas, United States Florence, Italy Kiev, Ukraine Kobe, Japan Moscow, Russia Norrköping, Sweden Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Pori, Finland Rostock, Germany Saint Petersburg, Russia Santiago, Chile Suzhou, China Taipei, Taiwan Tallinn, Estonia Tartu, Estonia Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tbilisi, Georgia Vilnius, Lithuania Warsaw, Poland Yerevan, Armenia
Higashikawa, Japan Karksi-Nuia (Mulgi), Estonia Mõisaküla (Mulgi), Estonia Montoro, Italy Norrtälje, Sweden Steinhagen, Germany
Hajnówka County, Poland Põhja-Pärnumaa, Estonia Pakruojis, Lithuania Ropsha, Russia Svislach, Belarus Uggiate-Trevano, Italy Wiązowna, Poland
S
Gori, Georgia Häädemeeste, Estonia Handewitt, Germany Nyköping, Sweden
Finspång, Sweden Finsterwalde, Germany Wieliszew, Poland
Florești, Moldova Lidingö, Sweden Liederbach am Taunus, Germany Mažeikiai, Lithuania Nevarėnai, Lithuania Paide, Estonia Sankt Andrä, Austria Sergiyev Posad, Russia Šilutė, Lithuania Stargard, Poland Tsqaltubo, Georgia Villebon-sur-Yvette, France Volda, Norway
Gnesta, Sweden Neringa, Lithuania Odolanów, Poland Radashkovichy, Belarus
Sigulda is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.[52] Sigulda also has several other twin towns.[53]
Douzelage
Agros, Cyprus Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bad Kötzting, Germany Bellagio, Italy Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France Holstebro, Denmark Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden Preveza, Greece Rokiškis, Lithuania Rovinj, Croatia Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom Siret, Romania Škofja Loka, Slovenia Sušice, Czech Republic Tryavna, Bulgaria Türi, Estonia Zvolen, Slovakia
Other
Donnery, France Drohobych, Ukraine Novopolotsk, Belarus Pāvilosta, Latvia Pincara, Italy Písek, Czech Republic Porkhov, Russia Pustomyty, Ukraine Rovigo Province, Italy Steinkjer, Norway Wiesenbach, Germany Willich, Germany
T
Alanya, Turkey Lejre, Denmark Orhei, Moldova Prienai, Lithuania Saaremaa, Estonia Shchyolkovo, Russia Söderköping, Sweden Telavi, Georgia
Andrychów, Poland Bnei Ayish, Israel Chennevières-sur-Marne, France Izium, Ukraine Karelichy, Belarus Krasnogorsk, Russia Plungė, Lithuania Scheeßel, Germany Tidaholm, Sweden
V
Braslaw, Belarus Çamlıyayla, Turkey Durbuy, Belgium I'billin, Israel Kościelisko, Poland Kobylnica, Poland Kutaisi, Georgia Marijampolė, Lithuania Novoye Devyatkino, Russia Orimattila, Finland Östhammar, Sweden Tvrdošín, Slovakia Valga, Estonia Valga, Spain
Barysaw, Belarus Gütersloh (district), Germany Halle, Germany Høje-Taastrup, Denmark Pskov, Russia Siyəzən, Azerbaijan Solna, Sweden Vallefoglia, Italy Viljandi, Estonia Zduńska Wola, Poland
Czeladź, Poland Pastavy District, Belarus Rokiškis, Lithuania Zhydachiv, Ukraine
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