Aizpute Municipality
Aizpute Municipality (Latvian: Aizputes novads) is a 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
Aizputes novads | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Country | Latvia |
Formed | 2009 |
Centre | Aizpute |
Government | |
• Chairman | Juris Grasmanis (NA) |
Area | |
• Total | 639.8 km2 (247.0 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 8,355 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Website | www |
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
- Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
References
- The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived 2014-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aizputesnovads.lv (in Latvian). Aizpute. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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