Aizpute Municipality
Aizpute Municipality
Aizputes novads | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Aizpute |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Juris Grasmanis (NA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 640.10 km2 (247.14 sq mi) |
| • Land | 614.50 km2 (237.26 sq mi) |
| • Water | 25.6 km2 (9.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,083 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Aizpute Municipality (Latvian: Aizputes novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Aizpute town, Aizpute parish, Cīrava parish, Kalvene parish, Kazdanga parish and Laža parish the administrative centre being Aizpute. The population in 2020 was 8,057.[3]
Notable people[]
Latvian dissident and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Lidija Doroņina-Lasmane was born in Aizpute Municipality.
Twin towns — sister cities[]
Aizpute is twinned with:[4]
Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
Karlskrona, Sweden
See also[]
- Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
References[]
- ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 25 February 2021.
- ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 15 June 2021.
- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aizputesnovads.lv (in Latvian). Aizpute. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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Coordinates: 56°43′N 21°36′E / 56.717°N 21.600°E
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