Inčukalns Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

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.^[3]

On 1 July 2021, Inčukalns Municipality ceased to exist. Inčukalns Parish was merged into Sigulda Municipality and Vangaži town was merged into Ropaži Municipality.^[4]

Inčukalns underground gas storage

Inčukalns underground gas storage facility, which helps to serve the Baltic States, is located in the municipality.^[5][6] The facility has a storage capacity of 4.47 bcm.^[7] The gas is stored approximately 800 meters underground. The facility is linked to the Balticconnector.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

References

1. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "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.
4. "Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas". likumi.lv.
5. "Latvia Gas Inčukalns UGS website". www.lg.lv.
6. "Estonia in position to turn off winter gas for Russia". Postimees. 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
7. "Skulte LNG Terminal - Natural Gas Storage". Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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