List of former cities of Latvia

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Former cities of Latvia are entities that once had city rights and were in territory of Latvia. The main reasons why these entities have lost their status as cities of Latvia are wars and merging into larger entities.

City City rights Lost Reason
Abrene pronunciation (help·info) 
1933 1944 Incorporated in Russian SFSR. Now Pytalovo in Russian Federation
Gostiņi pronunciation (help·info) 
1933 1956 Merged into Pļaviņas
Grīva pronunciation (help·info) 
1917 1956 Merged into Daugavpils;
Koknese pronunciation (help·info) 
1277 Lost its significance after Polish-Swedish Wars and Great Northern War,
and Plague in 1709-1710 that killed 80% of inhabitants
Krustpils pronunciation (help·info) 
1920 1964 Merged into Jēkabpils
Ķemeri pronunciation (help·info) 
1928 1959 Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Sloka to form Jūrmala
Lejasciems pronunciation (help·info) 
1928 1939 Lost its significance
Rauna pronunciation (help·info) 
Rīgas Jūrmala pronunciation (help·info) 
1920 1946 Merged into Riga; Later merged with Ķemeri and Sloka to form Jūrmala
Sēlpils pronunciation (help·info)  1621
Sloka pronunciation (help·info) 
1785 1959 Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Ķemeri to form Jūrmala
Straupe pronunciation (help·info) 
1356 Lost its significance after wars in 17th century

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