Ķekava Municipality

Ķekava Municipality

*Ķekavas novads*
Ķekava Municipality Ķekavas novads
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Ķekava
Government
• Council Chair	Viktorija Baire (Independent)
Area [1]
• Total	275.40 km2 (106.33 sq mi)
• Land	258.71 km2 (99.89 sq mi)
• Water	16.69 km2 (6.44 sq mi)
Population (2021)[2]
• Total	24,631
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Website	www.kekava.lv

Ķekava Municipality (Latvian: Ķekavas novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Baloži town, Daugmale Parish and Ķekava Parish, the administrative centre being Ķekava.

Sightseeing

Local History Museum of Ķekava
Museum of Daugmale elementary school
Pines of Katlakalns
Ostvald's canal
Ķekava (Dole) Lutheran Church
Lutheran church in Odukalns
Katlakalns Church
Dole Recreation center
Ķekava primary school
Manor house of Rāmava
Memorial stone to honor repressed people from the region
E. Ostwald's Memorial stone
Gravestones of Garlieb Merkel and Johann Heinrich Baumann in Katlakalns cemetery
Memorial stone for Roberts Mūrnieks
Memorial stone "Refugee road"
Jāņi Hill – sacred hill of ancestors
Death Island
World War I cemetery at Truseļi
Katlakalns World War I cemetery
Baloži Frog
Fountain in Baloži
Titurga lake
Daugmale castle mound
Mūlkalns[3]

Ķekava is twinned with:[4]

https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 25 February 2021.
https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 15 June 2021.
"Culture in Ķekava municipality".
"Starptautiskā sadarbība". kekava.lv (in Latvian). Ķekavas novads. Retrieved 2019-09-16.

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First-level administrative divisions of Latvia
Municipalities	Ādaži Aizkraukle Alūksne Augšdaugava Balvi Bauska Cēsis Dobele Gulbene Jelgava Jēkabpils Ķekava Krāslava Kuldīga Limbaži Līvāni Ludza Madona Mārupe Ogre Olaine Preiļi Rēzekne Ropaži Salaspils Saldus Saulkrasti Sigulda Smiltene South Kurzeme Talsi Tukums Valka Valmiera Varakļāni Ventspils
State cities	Daugavpils Jelgava Jūrmala Liepāja Rēzekne Riga Ventspils
Jēkabpils, Ogre and Valmiera are also state cities. However, they are also part of municipalities and serve as second-level administrative divisions.

State cities and municipalities in Riga Planning Region
State cities	Riga Jūrmala Ogre
Municipalities	Ādaži Ķekava Limbaži Mārupe Ogre Olaine Ropaži Salaspils Saulkrasti Sigulda Tukums
Ogre is a state city, but it is also part of Ogre Municipality. Unlike the other listed entities, it is not a first-level administrative division of Latvia.