Brocēni Municipality () was a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
Courland
Courland is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. Courland's largest city is Liepāja, which is the third largest city in Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland as they were ...
,
Latvia
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. As of 2020, the population was 5,633.
History
The municipality was formed in 2001 by
merging Blīdene parish,
Remte parish and
Brocēni town with its countryside territory, the administrative centre being Brocēni. In 2009 the municipality absorbed
Gaiķi parish as well. In 2010
Ciecere parish was created from the countryside territory of Brocēni town. On 1 July 2021, the municipality was merged with
Saldus Municipality. The name of the new municipality is
Saldus Municipality.
Geography
The district is located to the east of the city
Saldus.
Limestone
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is mined at
Lake Cieceres and at Brocēni. The railway line from
Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...
to
Liepāja
Liepāja () (formerly: Libau) is a Administrative divisions of Latvia, state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest city in the Courland region and the third-largest in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an ...
runs through the district in a west-east direction.
See also
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Administrative divisions of Latvia
The current administrative division of Latvia came into force on 1 July 2021.
On 10 June 2020, the Saeima approved a municipal reform that would reduce the 110 municipalities and nine republic cities to 43 local government units consisting of 36 ...
References
External links
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Former municipalities of Latvia
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