Talsi Municipality

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Talsi Municipality
Talsu novads
Municipality
Flag of Talsi Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Talsi Municipality
Coat of arms
Talsu novada karte.png
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreTalsi
Government
 • Council ChairSandra Pētersone (NA)
Area
[1]
 • Total1,763.92 km2 (681.05 sq mi)
 • Land1,720.87 km2 (664.43 sq mi)
 • Water43.05 km2 (16.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total27,391
 • Density16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Websitewww.talsi.lv

Talsi Municipality (Latvian: Talsu novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Abava parish, Balgale parish, Ģibuļi parish, Īve parish, Ķūļciems parish, Laidze parish, Lauciene parish, Lībagi parish, Lube parish, Strazde parish, Valdgale parish, Vandzene parish, Virbi parish, Talsi town, Stende town, Sabile town and Valdemārpils town with its countryside territory; the administrative centre being Talsi. The population in 2020 was 27,425.[3]

Population[]

Territorial unit Population (year)
Abava parish 1123 (2018)[4]
Ārlava parish 887 (2018)
Balgale parish 839 (2018)
Ģibuļi parish 2286 (2018)
Īve parish 450 (2018)
Ķūļciems parish 358 (2018)
Laidze parish 1801 (2018)
Lauciene parish 1574 (2018)
Lībagi parish 1967 (2018)
Lube parish 482 (2018)
Sabile 1542 (2018)
Stende 1741 (2018)
Strazde parish 388 (2018)
Talsi 10029 (2018)
Valdemārpils 1332 (2018)
Valdgale parish 1251 (2018)
Vandzene parish 1657 (2018)
Virbi parish 823 (2018)

Twin towns — sister cities[]

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

Talsi is twinned with:[5]

See also[]

  • Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

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 counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. ^ https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/assets/documents/statistika/Iedz%C4%ABvot%C4%81ju%20re%C4%A3istrs%20st.%20uz%2001072018/ISPV_Pasvaldibas_iedzivotaju_skaits_pagasti.pdf
  5. ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". talsi.lv (in Latvian). Talsi. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

Coordinates: 57°15′N 22°36′E / 57.250°N 22.600°E / 57.250; 22.600


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