Aizpute Municipality
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Aizpute Municipality
Aizputes novads | |
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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
Latvian dissident and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Lidija Doroņina-Lasmane was born in Aizpute Municipality.
Twin towns — sister cities
Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
Karlskrona, Sweden
See also
References
- ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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(help) - ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aizputesnovads.lv (in Latvian). Aizpute. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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