Grobiņa Municipality
Grobiņa Municipality
Grobiņas novads | |
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Country | Latvia |
Formed | 2009 |
Centre | Grobiņa |
Government | |
• Chairman | Aivars Priedols (LZS) |
Area | |
• Total | 489.96 km2 (189.17 sq mi) |
• Land | 474.47 km2 (183.19 sq mi) |
• Water | 15.49 km2 (5.98 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 8,329 |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Grobiņa Municipality (Latvian: Grobiņas novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bārta Parish, Gavieze Parish, Grobiņa Parish, Medze Parish and the town of Grobiņa with the administrative centre being Grobiņa. The population in 2020 was 8,347.[3]
Notable countrymen[]
- (Georg Sigismund von Bilterling, 1733-1803) — pastor and teacher
- (1895-1955) — politician
- (1889-1947) — actor
- Andrejs Freimanis (1914-1994) — soldier
- (1882-1951) — admiral
- Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz ( Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz , 1796-1869) — German sculptor
- (1882-1941) — politician
- Fricis Rokpelnis (1909-1969) — writer
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.
Coordinates: 56°34′00″N 21°06′00″E / 56.5667°N 21.1000°E
Categories:
- Grobiņa Municipality
- Municipalities of Latvia
- Courland geography stubs