Aizpute Municipality
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.
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Formed | 2009 |
Centre | Aizpute |
Government | |
• Chairman | Juris Grasmanis (NA) |
Area | |
• Total | 639.8 km2 (247.0 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 8,355 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Website | www |
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:[2]
Schwerzenbach, Switzerland Karlskrona, Sweden
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See also
- Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
References
- The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived 2014-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aizputesnovads.lv (in Latvian). Aizpute. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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