List of former cities of Latvia
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Former cities of Latvia are entities that once had city rights and were located in the territory of Latvia. The main reasons why these entities have lost their status as cities of Latvia are destructions due to wars or mergers into larger entities.
| City | City rights | Lost | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrene Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1933 | Transferred to the Russian SFSR in 1944 by the Soviet regime. Now Pytalovo in the Russian Federation | |
| Gostiņi Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1933 | 1956 | Merged into Pļaviņas |
| Grīva Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1917 | 1956 | Merged into Daugavpils |
| Kalnciems Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1991 | 2010 | The town and its rural territory was transformed into Kalnciems Parish |
| Krustpils Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1920 | 1964 | Merged into Jēkabpils |
| Ķemeri Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1928 | 1959 | Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Sloka to form Jūrmala |
| Lejasciems Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1928 | 1939 | Economic stagnation, status revoked by the Latvian government |
| Rauna Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1590 | Largely destroyed by warfare in the 17th century; present village since 1900 | |
| Rīgas Jūrmala Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1920 | 1946 | Merged into Riga; later merged with Ķemeri and Sloka to form Jūrmala |
| Sēlpils Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". | 1621 | around 1705 | Lost its significance after the Great Northern War; modern name – Vecsēlpils |
| Sloka Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1785 | 1959 | Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Ķemeri to form Jūrmala |
| Straupe Template:ErrorScript error: No such module "Category handler". |
1356[1] | Largely destroyed after the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) |
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