title: Preiļi Municipality
text: # Preiļi Municipality
  
  Preiļi Municipality (Latvian: Preiļu novads) is a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2000 by merging Aizkalne Parish, Preiļi Parish and Preiļi town. In 2009 it absorbed Pelēči Parish and Sauna Parish, too the administrative centre being Preiļi. The population in 2020 was 9,054.
  
  On 1 July 2021, Preiļi Municipality was enlarged when Riebiņi Municipality, Vārkava Municipality and Aglona Parish were merged into it.
  
  ## Twin towns — sister cities
  
  Preiļi is twinned with:
  
  * Nizhyn, Ukraine
  * Ocnița, Moldova
  * Sahil, Azerbaijan
  * Utena, Lithuania
  