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Saldus Municipality (2009–2021)

Coordinates: 56°40′N 22°30′E / 56.667°N 22.500°E / 56.667; 22.500
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Saldus Municipality
Saldus novads
Municipality
Flag of Saldus Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Saldus Municipality
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreSaldus
Government
 • Council ChairMāris Zusts (LZP)
Area
[1]
 • Total
1,682.86 km2 (649.76 sq mi)
 • Land1,641.11 km2 (633.64 sq mi)
 • Water41.75 km2 (16.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
21,438
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Websitesaldus.lv

Saldus Municipality (2009–2021) (Template:Lang-lv) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Saldus town, 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, the administrative centre being Saldus. On July 1, 2021 the municipality was merged with Brocēni Municipality. The population in 2020 was 21,587.[3]

Population

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

Saldus municipality was a silver patron of the University of Latvia Foundation. Supported the University of Latvia in 2013-2019, when it established a scholarship “Medusmaize”, which is 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 is provided throughout the bachelor's degree.[5]

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Saldus is twinned with:[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Saldus novada pašvaldība".
  6. ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". ezere.lv (in Latvian). Saldus novads. Retrieved 2019-09-16.

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