Pāvilosta Municipality

Pāvilosta Municipality
Pāvilostas novads
Municipality
Coat of arms of Pāvilosta Municipality
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentrePāvilosta
Government
 • Council ChairUldis Kristapsons (We For Our Municipality)
Area
[1]
 • Total514.97 km2 (198.83 sq mi)
 • Land504.84 km2 (194.92 sq mi)
 • Water10.13 km2 (3.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total2,543
 • Density4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Websitewww.pavilosta.lv

Pāvilosta Municipality (Latvian: Pāvilostas novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Pāvilosta town, Saka parish and Vērgale parish the administrative centre being Pāvilosta. The population in 2020 was 2,524.[3]

Pāvilosta Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly formed South Kurzeme Municipality.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. ^ [1] Archived 2021-06-07 at the Wayback Machine Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas

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