Welcome to Aizkraukle!

Aizkraukle region municipality established in December, 2001
Population: 10 119 (01.01.2008.)
Area: 102.5 square km
Address: Lāčplēša 1a, Aizkraukle, LV 5101, Latvia.
Telephone: (371) 65133930
Fax: (371) 65133934
E-mail: dome@aizkraukle.lv, info@aizkraukle.lv 
Information: www.aizkraukle.lv
Distance to capital city Riga 90 km

* Aizkraukle [EYES-krhowk-le] lies in the Vidusdaugava lowland, on the high right bank of an ancient valley of the Daugava River.

* Aizkraukle is one of the newest towns in Latvia. It began in the sixties as the village of Stučka, which housed the builders of the nearby hydroelectric power plant of Pļaviņas. It became a town in 1967. In 1991 it was renamed Aizkraukle, which is a historic local name.

* The principal businesses of the municipality are: power generation, woodworking, printing and agriculture.

* A favorable geographic location and a potential for economic development mean that the growing town and the newly formed municipality have a bright future, attractive for external and internal investors.

* The developmental goals of the municipality are the promotion of a variety of local economic activities that are balanced and sustainable, the sensible utilization of resources, and the preservation and improvement of the environment.