Tukums Municipality ( lv, Tukuma novads) is a Latvian

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

situated partly in the region of

Semigallia Semigallia, also spelt Semigalia, ( lv, Zemgale; german: Semgallen; lt, Žiemgala; pl, Semigalia; liv, Zemgāl) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located in the south of the Daugava river and the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. ...

, partly in Courland and partly in

Vidzeme Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in ...

. The municipality was formed in 2009 by

merging Merge, merging, or merger may refer to: Concepts * Merge (traffic), the reduction of the number of lanes on a road * Merge (linguistics), a basic syntactic operation in generative syntax in the Minimalist Program * Merger (politics), the com ...

Degole Parish, Džūkste Parish,

Irlava Parish thumb Irlava Parish ( lv, Irlavas pagasts) is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. Est. Population 1700 People. Towns, villages and settlements of Irlava parish *The biggest city in Irlava parish ...

, Jaunsāti Parish, Lestene Parish, Pūre Parish,

Sēme Parish Sēme Parish ( lv, Sēmes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The administrative center is Sēme. Towns, villages and settlements of Sēme parish * Kaive * Brizule * Rideļi * – pari ...

, Slampe Parish, Tume Parish, Zentene Parish and

Tukums Tukums (; german: Tuckum; liv, Tukāmō) is a town in the Zemgale region of Latvia. History The historical center of Tukums developed between trade routes leading from the mouth of the Daugava River to Prussia. The oldest part is today's Ta ...

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

; the administrative centre being Tukums. The population in 2020 was 27,613. On 1 July 2021, Tukums Municipality was enlarged when Engure Municipality, Jaunpils Municipality and Kandava Municipality were merged into it.

Population

Twin towns — sister cities

Tukums is twinned with: *

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, Poland * Bnei Ayish, Israel * Chennevières-sur-Marne, France *

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, Ukraine *

Karelichy Karelichy ( be, Карэлічы, Kareličy; russian: Коре́личи, ; lt, Koreličiai; pl, Korelicze; yi, קארעליץ, ''Korelitz'') is a town in the Grodno Region of Belarus and the administrative centre of Karelichy District. The t ...

, Belarus * Krasnogorsk, Russia * Plungė, Lithuania *

Scheeßel Scheeßel (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Scheeßl'') is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Wümme, approx. 10 km northeast of Rotenburg, 45 km east of Bremen, and 70 km south ...

, Germany *

Tidaholm Tidaholm () is a locality and the seat of Tidaholm Municipality in Västergötland Province within Västra Götaland County, Sweden. The city consists of 520 square kilometers, or a little more than 200 square miles. It is located on the Tidan Rive ...

, Sweden

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Municipalities of Latvia Semigallia Courland Vidzeme {{vidzeme-geo-stub

Population

Twin towns — sister cities

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