Kandava Municipality
Kandava Municipality Kandavas novads | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Country | Latvia |
Formed | 1999 |
Centre | Kandava |
Government | |
• Chairwoman | Inga Priede (LZP) |
Area [1] | |
• Total | 649.02 km2 (250.59 sq mi) |
• Land | 636.45 km2 (245.73 sq mi) |
• Water | 12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 7,462 |
• Density | 11/km2 (30/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Kandava Municipality (Latvian: Kandavas novads) is a former 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.
On 1 July 2021, Kandava Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Tukums Municipality.[3]
Twin towns – sister cities
Kandava was a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.[4]
Charter of European Rural Communities
- Bienvenida, Spain
- Bièvre, Belgium
- Bucine, Italy
- Cashel, Ireland
- Cissé, France
- Desborough, England, United Kingdom
- Esch, Netherlands
- Hepstedt, Germany
- Ibănești, Romania
- Kannus, Finland
- Kolindros, Greece
- Lassee, Austria
- Medzev, Slovakia
- Moravče, Slovenia
- Næstved, Denmark
- Nagycenk, Hungary
- Nadur, Malta
- Ockelbo, Sweden
- Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
- Põlva, Estonia
- Samuel, Portugal
- Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
- Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
- Strzyżów, Poland
- Tisno, Croatia
- Troisvierges, Luxembourg
- Žagarė, Lithuania
- Other twin towns[5]
See also
References
- ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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(help) - ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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(help) - ^ "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Charter members". europeancharter.eu. Charter of European Rural Communities. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Kandavas novada pašvaldības ārvalstu sadarbības partneri". kandava.lv (in Latvian). Kandava. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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