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Kalvene
Kalvene Parish () is an administrative unit of South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia. The parish has a population of 803 (as of 1/07/2010) and covers an area of 118.9 km2. History On the territory of present Kalvene parish there were historically Kalwen manor, Krussat-Drogen manor, Groß-Drogen manor, Tels-Paddern manor house, Perbohn manor. In 1935, the area of Kalvene parish (till 1925, Tashu-Padure parish) was 134 km2. In 1945 the village councils of Kalvene, Boja and Lieldrog were established, but in 1949 the villages were dissolved. In 1954 the village of Lieldrog was added to Kalvene village, in 1958 the territory of Kazdanga Kazdanga (German: ''Katzdangen'') is a larger village, the administrative center of the Kazdanga Parish of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. its population is 527. It is located in the northern part of the parish on t ... village collective farm "Tebra", in 1968 part of Vecpils and Krote village collective farm ...
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South Kurzeme Municipality
South Kurzeme Municipality () is one of the 35 Municipalities of Latvia, municipalities established in Latvia in 2021. It surrounds Liepāja, Latvia's third largest city. Its first elected municipal council took office on 1 July 2021. Its seat is at Grobiņa. Geography South Kurzeme is Latvia's largest municipality, covering an area of . It is located in the southwestern part of the Courland region in western Latvia, on the coast of the Baltic Sea. It borders Ventspils Municipality to the north, Kuldīga Municipality to the northeast, and Saldus Municipality (2021–present), Saldus Municipality to the east. It surrounds the port city of Liepāja in the west. It also borders the Lithuanian Counties of Lithuania, counties of Klaipėda County, Klaipėda and Telšiai County, Telšiai to the south and southeast respectively. The List of extreme points of Latvia, westernmost point of Latvia is located at Cape Bernāti in Nīca Parish south of Liepāja. The coastline of South Kurze ...
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Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ...
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Kazdanga
Kazdanga (German: ''Katzdangen'') is a larger village, the administrative center of the Kazdanga Parish of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. its population is 527. It is located in the northern part of the parish on the banks of the river, which is dammed within the extents of the village to form an artificial reservoir known as the Kazdanga Mill Lake (Kazdangas dzirnavezers) by which there is a water mill. The modern settlement grew around the Kazdanga manor (burned down during the Russian Revolution of 1905 The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, was a revolution in the Russian Empire which began on 22 January 1905 and led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy under the Russian Constitution of 1906, t .... Currently the Kazdanga Palace, an architectural monument of national importance, is the place of interest in the village. The adjacent village of forms a common settlement conglomerate with K ...
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