Saldus Municipality (2009–2021)
Saldus Municipality
Saldus novads | |
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Coat of arms of Saldus Municipality Coat of arms | |
| Country | Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Dissolved | 2021 |
| Centre | Saldus |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Māris Zusts (LZP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,682.86 km2 (649.76 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,641.11 km2 (633.64 sq mi) |
| • Water | 41.75 km2 (16.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 21,438 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Website | saldus.lv |
The former Saldus Municipality (Latvian: Saldus novads) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging parts of the former Saldus district: Saldus town (municipal centre), Ezere Parish, Jaunauce Parish, Jaunlutriņi Parish, Kursīši Parish, Lutriņi Parish, Nīgrande Parish, Novadnieki Parish, Pampāļi Parish, Ruba Parish, Saldus Parish, Šķēde Parish, Vadakste Parish, Zaņa Parish, Zirņi Parish and Zvārde Parish.
On 1 July 2021 the municipality was merged with Brocēni Municipality into the new Saldus Municipality. The population in 2020 was 21,587.[3]
Population
[edit ]| Territorial unit | Population (year) |
|---|---|
| Ezere parish | 1121 (2018)[4] |
| Jaunauce parish | 342 (2018) |
| Jaunlutriņi parish | 739 (2018) |
| Kursīši parish | 807 (2018) |
| Lutriņi parish | 1286 (2018) |
| Nīgrande parish | 1347 (2018) |
| Novadnieki parish | 1652 (2018) |
| Pampāļi parish | 597 (2018) |
| Ruba parish | 715 (2018) |
| Saldus | 10810 (2018) |
| Saldus parish | 1549 (2018) |
| Šķēde parish | 572 (2018) |
| Vadakste parish | 406 (2018) |
| Zaņa parish | 624 (2018) |
| Zirņi parish | 1564 (2018) |
| Zvārde parish | 385 (2018) |
Patron of the University of Latvia
[edit ]Since 2013, Saldus Municipality was a Silver Patron of the University of Latvia Foundation. The scholarship "Medusmaize" was intended for young people of their region who, after graduating from high school, start basic studies in one of the Latvian universities. If the criteria are met, support was to be provided throughout the bachelor's degree.[5]
Twin towns — sister cities
[edit ]- Lithuania Mažeikiai, Lithuania
- Lithuania Nevarėnai, Lithuania
- Lithuania Šilutė, Lithuania
- Estonia Paide, Estonia
- Poland Stargard, Poland
- Moldova Florești, Moldova
- Sweden Lidingö, Sweden
- Germany Liederbach am Taunus, Germany
- Austria Sankt Andrä, Austria
- Russia Sergiyev Posad, Russia
- Georgia (country) Tsqaltubo, Georgia
- France Villebon-sur-Yvette, France
- Norway Volda, Norway
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) - ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020年01月01日. Retrieved 2021年02月12日.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018年10月09日. Retrieved 2018年11月20日.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Saldus novada pašvaldība".
- ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". ezere.lv (in Latvian). Saldus novads. Archived from the original on 2021年01月25日. Retrieved 2019年09月16日.
