List of former cities of Latvia
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Former cities of Latvia are entities that once had city rights and were located in the territory of Latvia. The main reasons why these entities have lost their status as cities of Latvia are destructions due to wars or mergers into larger entities.
| City | City rights | Lost | Reason |
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| Abrene Audio file "Lv-Abrene.ogg" not found | 1933 | Transferred to the Russian SFSR in 1944. Now Pytalovo in the Russian Federation | |
| Gostiņi Audio file "Lv-Gostiņi.ogg" not found | 1933 | 1956 | Merged into Pļaviņas |
| Grīva Audio file "Lv-Grīva.ogg" not found | 1917 | 1956 | Merged into Daugavpils; |
| Kalnciems Audio file "Lv-Kalnciems.ogg" not found | 1991 | 2010 | The town and its rural territory was transformed into parish |
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1277[1] | Lost its significance after Polish-Swedish Wars and Great Northern War, and Plague in 1709–1710 that killed 80% of inhabitants |
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| Krustpils Audio file "Lv-Krustpils.ogg" not found | 1920 | 1964 | Merged into Jēkabpils |
| Ķemeri Audio file "Lv-Ķemeri.ogg" not found | 1928 | 1959 | Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Sloka to form Jūrmala |
| Lejasciems Audio file "Lv-Lejasciems.ogg" not found | 1928 | 1939 | Lost its significance |
| Rauna Audio file "Lv-Rauna.ogg" not found | 1590 | The 16th to 18th century wars town completely destroyed and the present Rauna settlements origins in the 19th century. | |
| Rīgas Jūrmala Audio file "Lv-Rīgas_Jūrmala.ogg" not found | 1920 | 1946 | Merged into Riga; Later merged with Ķemeri and Sloka to form Jūrmala |
| Sēlpils Audio file "Lv-Sēlpils.ogg" not found | 1621 | around 1705 | Lost its significance after Great Northern War |
| Sloka Audio file "Lv-Sloka.ogg" not found | 1785 | 1959 | Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Ķemeri to form Jūrmala |
| Straupe Audio file "Lv-Straupe.ogg" not found | 1356[1] | Lost its significance after wars in the 17th century |
