Kandava Municipality

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Kandava Municipality
Kandavas novads
Municipality
Flag of Kandava Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Kandava Municipality
Coat of arms
Kandavas novada karte.png
Country Latvia
Formed1999
CentreKandava
Government
 • ChairwomanInga Priede (LZP)
Area
[1]
 • Total649.02 km2 (250.59 sq mi)
 • Land636.45 km2 (245.73 sq mi)
 • Water12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total7,462
 • Density11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Websitewww.kandava.lv

Kandava Municipality (Latvian: Kandavas novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 1999 by merging Cēre Parish and Kandava town with its countryside territory. Later it absorbed Matkule Parish, Vāne Parish, Zante Parish and Zemīte Parish the administrative centre being Kandava.

Twin towns – sister cities[]

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

Kandava is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.[3]

Charter of European Rural Communities

Other twin towns[4]

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. ^ "Charter members". europeancharter.eu. Charter of European Rural Communities. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Kandavas novada pašvaldības ārvalstu sadarbības partneri". kandava.lv (in Latvian). Kandava. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

Coordinates: 57°02′29″N 22°46′23″E / 57.04139°N 22.77306°E / 57.04139; 22.77306



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