The former Saldus Municipality () was a

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

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 ...

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. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging parts of the former Saldus district:

Saldus Saldus (; , ) is a Latvian town located in Courland () region of Latvia, and the largest town in Saldus Municipality. The name Saldus has been noted in historical sources as far back as the mid-13th century, but the founding year for the establis ...

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(municipal centre), Ezere Parish, Jaunauce Parish, Jaunlutriņi Parish, Kursīši Parish, Lutriņi Parish, Nīgrande Parish, Novadnieki Parish, Pampāļi Parish,

Ruba Parish Ruba Parish () is an administrative unit of Saldus Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, alo ...

, Saldus Parish, Šķēde Parish, Vadakste Parish, Zaņa Parish, Zirņi Parish and Zvārde Parish. On 1 July 2021 the municipality was merged with Brocēni Municipality into the new Saldus Municipality. The population in 2020 was 21,587.

Population

Patron of the University of Latvia

Since 2013, Saldus Municipality was a Silver Patron of the

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Foundation. The scholarship “Medusmaize” was intended for young people of their region who, after graduating from high school, start basic studies in one of the Latvian universities. If the criteria are met, support was to be provided throughout the bachelor's degree.

Twin towns — sister cities

Saldus is twinned with: *

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, Lithuania * Nevarėnai, Lithuania *

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, Lithuania *

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, Estonia *

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, Poland *

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, Moldova *

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, Sweden * Liederbach am Taunus, Germany *

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, Austria *

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, Russia *

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, Georgia *

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, France *

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, Norway

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