Saldus Municipality (2009–2021)

Not to be confused with Saldus Municipality.
Saldus Municipality
Saldus novads
Municipality
Flag of Saldus Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Saldus Municipality
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2009
Dissolved2021
CentreSaldus
Government
 • Council ChairMāris Zusts (LZP)
Area
[1]
 • Total1,682.86 km2 (649.76 sq mi)
 • Land1,641.11 km2 (633.64 sq mi)
 • Water41.75 km2 (16.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total21,438
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Websitesaldus.lv

The former Saldus Municipality (Latvian: Saldus novads) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging parts of the former Saldus District: Saldus town (municipal centre), Ezere Parish, Jaunauce Parish, Jaunlutriņi Parish, Kursīši Parish, Lutriņi Parish, Nīgrande Parish, Novadnieki Parish, Pampāļi Parish, Ruba Parish, 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.[3]

Population

Territorial unit Population (year)
Ezere parish 1121 (2018)[4]
Jaunauce parish 342 (2018)
Jaunlutriņi parish 739 (2018)
Kursīši parish 807 (2018)
Lutriņi parish 1286 (2018)
Nīgrande parish 1347 (2018)
Novadnieki parish 1652 (2018)
Pampāļi parish 597 (2018)
Ruba parish 715 (2018)
Saldus 10810 (2018)
Saldus parish 1549 (2018)
Šķēde parish 572 (2018)
Vadakste parish 406 (2018)
Zaņa parish 624 (2018)
Zirņi parish 1564 (2018)
Zvārde parish 385 (2018)

Patron of the University of Latvia

Since 2013, Saldus Municipality was a Silver Patron of the University of Latvia 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.[5]

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Saldus is twinned with:[6]

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 counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Saldus novada pašvaldība".
  6. ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". ezere.lv (in Latvian). Saldus novads. Retrieved 2019-09-16.

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