Brocēni Municipality

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Brocēni Municipality
Brocēnu novads
Municipality
Flag of Brocēni Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Brocēni Municipality
Coat of arms
Brocenu novads karte.png
Country Latvia
Formed2001
CentreBrocēni
Government
 • ChairmanĀrijs Sproģis (LZP)
Area
[1]
 • Total496.55 km2 (191.72 sq mi)
 • Land481.36 km2 (185.85 sq mi)
 • Water15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total5,672
 • Density11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Websitewww.broceni.lv

Brocēni Municipality (Latvian: Brocēnu novads) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. As of 2020, the population was 5,633.[3]

History[]

The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging Blīdene parish, Remte parish and Brocēni town with its countryside territory, the administrative centre being Brocēni. In 2009 the municipality absorbed Gaiķi parish as well. In 2010 Ciecere parish was created from the countryside territory of Brocēni town. On 1 July 2021, the municipality was merged with Saldus Municipality. The name of the new municipality is Saldus Municipality.

Geography[]

The district is located to the east of the city Saldus. Limestone is mined at Lake Cieceres and at Brocēni. The railway line from Riga to Liepāja runs through the district in a west-east direction.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 15 June 2021.
  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. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

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Coordinates: 56°44′00″N 22°39′00″E / 56.7333°N 22.6500°E / 56.7333; 22.6500


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