Aizpute Municipality
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Municipality of Latvia
Municipality in Latvia
Aizpute Municipality
Aizputes novads | |
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Coat of arms of Aizpute Municipality Coat of arms | |
| Country | Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Aizpute |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Juris Grasmanis (NA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 640.10 km2 (247.14 sq mi) |
| • Land | 614.50 km2 (237.26 sq mi) |
| • Water | 25.6 km2 (9.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 8,083 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Aizpute Municipality (Latvian: Aizputes novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Aizpute town, Aizpute parish, Cīrava parish, Kalvene parish, Kazdanga parish and Laža parish the administrative centre being Aizpute. Aizpute Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly formed South Kurzeme Municipality.[3] The population in 2020 was 8,057.[4]
Notable people
[edit ]Latvian dissident and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Lidija Doroņina-Lasmane was born in Aizpute Municipality.
Twin towns — sister cities
[edit ]- Switzerland Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
- Sweden Karlskrona, Sweden
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/ . Retrieved 25 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/ . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024年08月08日.
- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020年01月01日. Retrieved 2021年02月12日.
- ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aizputesnovads.lv (in Latvian). Aizpute. Retrieved 2019年08月31日.
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