Ventspils Municipality
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Ventspils Municipality Ventspils novads | |
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 Baltic Sea coast near Miķeļtornis | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Ventspils (extraterritorially) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Aivars Mucenieks |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,462.3 km2 (950.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
| • Total | 13,786 |
| • Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Ventspils Municipality (Latvian: Ventspils novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Piltene town, Ance Parish, Jūrkalne Parish, Piltene rural community (from 2010 Piltene Parish), Pope Parish, Puze Parish, Tārgale Parish, Ugāle Parish, Usma Parish, Užava Parish, Vārve Parish, Ziras Parish and Zlēkas Parish. It is administered from Ventspils city, which is not included within its limits.
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Coordinates: 57°23′N 21°33′E / 57.383°N 21.550°E
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