Kuldīga Municipality () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
Courland,
Latvia
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. The municipality was formed in 2009 by
merging Ēdole parish,
Gudenieki parish,
Īvande parish,
Kabile parish,
Kurmāle parish,
Laidi parish,
Padure parish,
Pelči parish,
Renda parish,
Rumba parish,
Snēpele parish
Snēpele parish () is an administrative unit of Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia
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,
Turlava parish,
Vārme parish and
Kuldīga
Kuldīga () () is a town in the Courland region of Latvia, in the western part of the country. It is the center of Kuldīga Municipality with a population of approximately 13,500.
Kuldīga was first mentioned in 1242. It joined the Hanseatic L ...
town. The administrative centre is Kuldīga. As of 2020, the population was 22,028.
During the
2021 Latvian administrative reform, the previous municipality was merged with
Alsunga Municipality and
Skrunda Municipality. The new municipality now fully corresponds with the area of the former
Kuldīga district.
History
Kuldīga municipality was established on 1 July 2009. Before that, it was a part of
Kuldīga district, which also included
Alsunga
Alsunga (also Alšvanga, ) is a village in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Alsunga is the center of the Suiti, a small Catholic community in the Lutheran western part of Latvia. There are approximately 13 ...
and
Skrunda districts. Kuldīga district was established in 1949. From 1952 to 1953, Kuldīga district was included in
Liepāja district.
From 1819 to 1949, most of Kuldīga parish belonged to Kuldīga district. At that time,
Ēdole Parish was part of
Ventspils district, but
Gudenieki Parish, as well as part of
Turlava Parish (
Klostere Parish) and
Laidi Parish (
Valtaiķi Parish) were in
Aizpute district.
Twin towns — sister cities
Kuldīga is
twinned with:
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Drøbak, Norway
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Geesthacht
Geesthacht () is the largest city in the Lauenburg (district), District of the Duchy of Lauenburg (Herzogtum Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, south-east of Hamburg on the right bank of the Elbe, River Elbe.
History
A church ...
, Germany
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Mtskheta
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, Georgia
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
Municipalities of Latvia
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