On 1 July 2009 the 26 districts of Latvia ( Latvian: rajoni, sg. rajons), introduced in 1949 by the Soviet occupation authorities to supersede counties (apriņķi, sg. apriņķis, e.g. Rīgas apriņķis), were divided into 77 cities ( Latvian: pilsētas, sg. pilsēta), 10 amalgamated municipalities ( Latvian: novadi, sg. novads), 24 rural territories ( Latvian: lauku teritorijas, sg. lauku teritorija) and 475 parishes ( Latvian: pagasti, sg. pagasts).
The new divisions were in force from 2009 to 2021, when they were superseded by the 2021 reform (see Administrative divisions of Latvia).