This is a list of municipalities in Latvia which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
A Aizkraukle
Biržai, Lithuania Eppstein, Germany Kiskunhalas, Hungary Slavutych, Ukraine Tczew, Poland Thale, Germany
Aizpute
Karlskrona, Sweden Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
Alūksne
Haanja (Võru Parish), Estonia Joniškis, Lithuania Misso (Võru Parish), Estonia Rõuge, Estonia Sundbyberg, Sweden Vastseliina (Võru Parish), Estonia Võru, Estonia Wettin-Löbejün, Germany
B Balvi
Balta, Ukraine Kupiškis, Lithuania Põlva, Estonia Żukowo, Poland
Bauska
Biržai, Lithuania Hedemora, Sweden Khashuri, Georgia Joniškis, Lithuania Náchod, Czech Republic Pakruojis, Lithuania Pasvalys, Lithuania Radviliškis, Lithuania Rypin, Poland Soroca, Moldova
C Cēsis
Achim, Germany Alytus, Lithuania Rakvere, Estonia Rokiškis, Lithuania
Tyresö, Sweden
D Dagda
Dubrowna, Belarus Narewka, Poland Smarhon’, Belarus Verkhnyadzvinsk, Belarus Visaginas, Lithuania
Daugavpils
Alaverdi, Armenia
Batumi, Georgia Central AO (Moscow), Russia
Harbin, China Kharkiv, Ukraine Lida, Belarus
Motala, Sweden Naro-Fominsk, Russia Panevėžys, Lithuania Pskov, Russia Radom, Poland Ramla, Israel Saint Petersburg, Russia Vagharshapat, Armenia Visaginas, Lithuania Vitebsk, Belarus
Dobele
Akmenė, Lithuania Ängelholm, Sweden Anykščiai, Lithuania Joniškis, Lithuania Józefów nad Wisłą, Poland Konin, Poland Schmölln, Germany Skhidnytsia, Ukraine Ungheni, Moldova Viru-Nigula, Estonia
G Gulbene
Balmazújváros, Hungary Bolnisi, Georgia Florești, Moldova Kętrzyn (rural gmina), Poland Kętrzyn County, Poland Khizi, Azerbaijan Korop, Ukraine Räpina, Estonia Rietavas, Lithuania Them (Silkeborg), Denmark
Gulbene – Lizums
Iliny, Hungary Sečianky, Slovakia
I Iecava
Billerbeck, Germany Pasvalys, Lithuania Töreboda, Sweden
J Jēkabpils
Averøy, Norway Białogard, Poland Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Poland Cumpăna, Romania Czeladź, Poland Kupiškis, Lithuania Maardu, Estonia Melle, Germany Myrhorod, Ukraine Qaraçuxur, Azerbaijan Parchim, Germany Rokiškis, Lithuania Sokołów Podlaski, Poland Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine Zarasai, Lithuania Zhydachiv, Ukraine
Jelgava
Alcamo, Italy Białystok, Poland Carmel, United States Como, Italy Hällefors, Sweden Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Nova Odessa, Brazil Nacka, Sweden Pärnu, Estonia Rueil-Malmaison, France Šiauliai, Lithuania Vejle, Denmark Xinying (Tainan), Taiwan
Jelgava Municipality
Alytus, Lithuania Argeș County, Romania Glodeni District, Moldova Joniškis, Lithuania Recklinghausen (district), Germany
Trivero (Valdilana), Italy
Jūrmala
Ashdod, Israel Batumi, Georgia Cabourg, France Eskilstuna, Sweden Gävle, Sweden Jakobstad, Finland Palanga, Lithuania Samarkand, Uzbekistan Terracina, Italy
K Ķekava
Bordesholm, Germany Gostyń, Poland Lerum, Sweden Nilüfer, Turkey Nizami, Azerbaijan Raseiniai, Lithuania
Krāslava
Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland Hajnówka, Poland Volokolamsk, Russia
Kuldīga
Frogn, Norway Geesthacht, Germany Mtskheta, Georgia
L Liepāja
Årstad (Bergen), Norway Bellevue, United States Darmstadt, Germany Elbląg, Poland Gdynia, Poland Guldborgsund, Denmark
Klaipėda, Lithuania Nynäshamn, Sweden Palanga, Lithuania
Limbaži
Alver, Norway Anklam, Germany Klippan, Sweden Panevėžys District Municipality, Lithuania Sande, Norway
Limbaži – Aloja Corjeuți, Moldova
Limbaži – Salacgrīva
Gori, Georgia Häädemeeste, Estonia Handewitt, Germany Nyköping, Sweden Qabala, Azerbaijan
Līvāni
Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Ukmergė, Lithuania
Ludza
Aue (Samtgemeinde), Germany
Maków, Poland Molėtai, Lithuania Rokiškis, Lithuania Svishtov, Bulgaria
M Madona
Anykščiai, Lithuania Bobrynets, Ukraine Borjomi, Georgia Coulaines, France
Tranås, Sweden Weyhe, Germany
O Ogre
Ånge, Sweden Bollnäs, Sweden Chernihiv, Ukraine Haapsalu, Estonia
Jõhvi, Estonia Joué-lès-Tours, France Kelmė, Lithuania Kerava, Finland
Maymana, Afghanistan Popasna, Ukraine Zbarazh, Ukraine
Olaine
Karlskoga, Sweden Nowa Sarzyna, Poland Ödeshög, Sweden Riihimäki, Finland
P Preiļi
Hlybokaye, Belarus Nizhyn, Ukraine Ocnița, Moldova Sahil, Azerbaijan Utena, Lithuania
R Rēzekne
Arendal, Norway Braslaw, Belarus Częstochowa, Poland Dmitrov, Russia Krychaw, Belarus Ostrov, Russia Pskov, Russia Sebezh, Russia Sianów, Poland Soroca, Moldova Utena, Lithuania Vitebsk, Belarus
Rēzekne Municipality
Agder, Norway Edineț, Moldova Gölbaşı, Turkey Kupiškis, Lithuania Pastavy, Belarus Polotsk, Belarus
Riga
Aalborg, Denmark Almaty, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan Beijing, China Bordeaux, France Bremen, Germany Cairns, Australia Dallas, United States Florence, Italy Kyiv, Ukraine Kobe, Japan Norrköping, Sweden Pori, Finland Rostock, Germany Santiago, Chile Suzhou, China Taipei, Taiwan Tallinn, Estonia Tartu, Estonia Tashkent, Uzbekistan Vilnius, Lithuania Warsaw, Poland Yerevan, Armenia
Rūjiena
Higashikawa, Japan Karksi-Nuia (Mulgi), Estonia Mõisaküla (Mulgi), Estonia Montoro, Italy Norrtälje, Sweden
Rundāle
Hajnówka County, Poland Põhja-Pärnumaa, Estonia Pakruojis, Lithuania Ropsha, Russia Svislach, Belarus Uggiate-Trevano, Italy Wiązowna, Poland
S Salaspils
Bobrovytsia, Ukraine Finspång, Sweden Finsterwalde, Germany Wieliszew, Poland
Saldus
Bakhmut, Ukraine Briceni, Moldova Florești, Moldova Lidingö, Sweden Liederbach am Taunus, Germany
Mažeikiai, Lithuania Nevarėnai (Telšiai), Lithuania Paide, Estonia Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain Sankt Andrä, Austria Sergiyev Posad, Russia Šilutė, Lithuania Stargard, Poland Tsqaltubo, Georgia Villebon-sur-Yvette, France Volda, Norway
Saulkrasti
Gnesta, Sweden Neringa, Lithuania Odolanów, Poland
Sigulda is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union. Sigulda also has several other twin towns.
Douzelage Agros, Cyprus Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bad Kötzting, Germany Bellagio, Italy Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France Holstebro, Denmark Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden Preveza, Greece Rokiškis, Lithuania Rovinj, Croatia Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom Siret, Romania Škofja Loka, Slovenia Sušice, Czech Republic Tryavna, Bulgaria Türi, Estonia Zvolen, Slovakia Other Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom Birštonas, Lithuania Chiatura, Georgia Chocz, Poland
Keila, Estonia Stuhr, Germany Vesthimmerland, Denmark
Skrunda
Kosiv, Ukraine Maen Roch, France
Põltsamaa, Estonia
Smiltene
Drohobych, Ukraine Písek, Czech Republic Wiesenbach, Germany Willich, Germany
Strenči
Lainate, Italy Rimóc, Hungary Rosice, Czech Republic Sayda, Germany
T Talsi
Alanya, Turkey Chortkiv, Ukraine Lejre, Denmark Orhei, Moldova Prienai, Lithuania Saaremaa, Estonia Söderköping, Sweden Telavi, Georgia
Tukums
Andrychów, Poland Chennevières-sur-Marne, France Ghelăuza, Moldova Izium, Ukraine Karelichy, Belarus Khoni, Georgia Krasnogorsk, Russia Lejre, Denmark Plungė, Lithuania Saku, Estonia Scheeßel, Germany Šilalė, Lithuania Strängnäs, Sweden Tidaholm, Sweden
Tukums – Kandava is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, along with:
Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kannus, Finland Kolindros, Greece Lassee, Austria Medzev, Slovakia Næstved, Denmark Nagycenk, Hungary Nadur, Malta Ockelbo, Sweden Pano Lefkara, Cyprus Põlva, Estonia Samuel (Soure), Portugal Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Svoge, Bulgaria Strzyżów, Poland Tisno, Croatia Troisvierges, Luxembourg Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania
V Valka
Braslaw, Belarus Çamlıyayla, Turkey Durbuy, Belgium I'billin, Israel Kościelisko, Poland Kobylnica, Poland Kutaisi, Georgia Marijampolė, Lithuania Novoye Devyatkino, Russia Orimattila, Finland Östhammar, Sweden Tvrdošín, Slovakia Valga, Estonia Valga, Spain
Valmiera
Cherkasy, Ukraine Halle, Germany Høje-Taastrup, Denmark Solna, Sweden Vallefoglia, Italy Viljandi, Estonia Zduńska Wola, Poland
Valmiera – Naukšēni
Borgholzhausen, Germany Helme (Tõrva), Estonia
Vecpiebalga
Aremark, Norway Bürgel, Germany Marker, Norway
Ventspils
Lorient, France Ningbo, China Stralsund, Germany Västervik, Sweden Vinnytsia, Ukraine
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