Last year, Latgales Park regained its historical name, which was found in the documents of 1937, while this year, the biggest street in this neighborhood has been renamed Latgales Street. Taking into account these facts, the Commission of Place Names and Names of Urban Objects of Riga made a decision to assign the name of Latgale to the neighborhood as well.
As Ratnieks explains, the names of the neighborhoods have not been assigned or confirmed in any of the decisions of the Riga City Council. Both the municipality and the residents use them as historically established unofficial place names. This means that renaming the neighborhood does not require a decision of the Riga City Council meeting.
On the other hand, based on the Law on Municipalities, which entered into force on January 1 of last year, the administrative division of the city has been canceled for Riga and there are no more suburbs of Latgale.
The Geospatial Information Agency of Latvia, whose place name “Moskavas forštate” is registered in the Place Names database, will be informed about the changes, as well as the information will be changed on other websites as well.
According to Ratnieks, everyone can start using the new neighborhood name in their everyday life.
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