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State cities and municipalities of Latvia (Lasks; Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Latvia#/media/File:Latvijas_novadi_2021.png (zugeschnitten)
The current administrative division of Latvia came into force on 1 July 2021.
On 10 June 2020, the Saeima approved a municipal reform that would reduce the 110 municipalities and nine republic cities to 43 local government units consisting of 36 municipalities (novadi, novads) and seven state cities (valstspilsētas, valstspilsēta) which own have local governments which are independent of any municipality. The municipalities are also further divided into 71 cities/towns (pilsētas, pilsēta) and 512 parishes (pagasti, pagasts).
Interests of Latvian regions are on the agenda of BSSSC, as they are represented by Vidzeme Planning Region.