MĀLPILS

Region Rīga

Latvia

Mālpils: - 4103 inhabitants

-60 km from Latvian capital Riga

-area of 22 051 ha, about half of which is covered with forests

In the centre of Baltic

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Municipality council Mālpils

12 public institutions – 7 schools, 2 lybraries, Museum, Culture center, Social care center, Sport center

Local TV and monthly newspaper

98 small enterprises (agriculture, wood processing, milk production etc.)

EducationThe first school in Mālpils has been built 1679. Nowadays we have 7 schools:Kinder garten “Māllēpīte”Primary School SidgundaSecondary schoolMusic- and Art schoolVocational secondary schoolBoarding school NGO “Malpils Folk Highschool”

NGO “Mālpils Folk Highschool”

• The main activities are various courses, seminars, exhibitions and education events for the inhabitants of Malpils in the co-operation with local, regional and international partners

Agriculture

and more…

Production• Mālpils is famous in whole Latvia through the production of our

milk factory and especially Mālpils’ Cheese

Sport center

Culture center

Events’ halls with 600 places and 200 places

Concerts, exhibitions, events, theaters, festivals, conferences, seminars, courses

Children folk dance group, children music groups, folk dance groups for youth and adults, handicraft group Urga, choir, Grandmothers club Rezēdas and other interest groups

Art in Mālpils

• AusstellungsraumExhibitions room

Senior artists

Youth policy• Since 1998 –participation of whole schools and NGO “Malpils Folk school” in

the projects of various education programmes of EU (Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius, YOUTH, Grundtvig)

• A youth initiative group has been functioned as a part of NGO “Malpils Folk school” since December 2006

Senior policy• Grandmothers club Rezēdas• Seniors’ council• Common excursions, concerts, theathres, interests courses etc.• Foreign partners in Aurich,

Germany (written communication,

meetings in Latvia and Germany)

Manor house Mālpils (1760; 1905)

www.malpilsmuiza.lv – hotel and meeting place