Grobiņa Municipality

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.

Grobiņa Municipality

Grobiņas novads
Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreGrobiņa
Government
 • ChairmanAivars Priedols (LZS)
Area
 • Total490.2 km2 (189.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total10,220
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Websitewww.grobina.lv

Notable countrymen
  • Georg Friedism Sigismund von Bilterling (Georg Sigismund von Bilterling, 1733-1803) — pastor and teacher
  • Jānis Birznieks (1895-1955) — politician
  • Ernests Feldmanis (1889-1947) — actor
  • Andrejs Freimanis (1914-1994) — soldier
  • Archibald von Keyserling (1882-1951) — admiral
  • Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz ( Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz , 1796-1869) — German sculptor
  • Ansis Petrevics (1882-1941) — politician
  • Fricis Rokpelnis (1909-1969) — writer
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See also
  • Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

References
  1. The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived 2014-02-07 at the Wayback Machine


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