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Saldus Municipality (2021–present)
Saldus Municipality () is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2021 by Merger (politics), merging the former Saldus Municipality (2009–2021), Saldus Municipality and Brocēni Municipality. Its centre is the town of Saldus. It contains 19 parishes and 2 towns/cities - Saldus and Brocēni. The population in 2021 was 27,110. The municipality has an international partnership with Bakhmut urban hromada in Ukraine. It borders Lithuania. History The municipality, previously a part of Kuldīga county, was first created during the Occupation of the Baltic states, Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1949 as ''Saldus district''. The district was divided up during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009 into Brocēni Municipality and Saldus Municipality (2009–2021), Saldus Municipality. In 2021 they were merged again into a current Saldus Municipality. Administrative units and population Patron of the University of Latvia Saldus Municipality is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Green Party
The Latvian Green Party (, LZP) is a green conservative political party in Latvia. Founded in 1990, the party was a member of the European Green Party from 2003 until its expulsion in 2019. It is positioned in the centre-right of the political spectrum FIBS Report: Central Eurasia, 1993, p. 107. and supports socially conservative and green policies. The party is notable for producing the world's first green head of government when Indulis Emsis briefly served as Prime Minister of Latvia in 2004 and the first green head of state when Raimonds Vējonis served as President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019. History In April 1989, representatives from Green movements in multiple Baltic countries sent a letter to the Paris Green Congress citing the USSR as the reason for ecological ruin in the region. One of the representatives was Arvīds Ulme, a member of the Latvian Environmental Protection Club, who would go on to form the Latvian Green Party alongside Indulis Emsis the following ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaunauce Parish
Jaunauce Parish () is an administrative unit of Saldus Municipality in the Semigallia region of 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 t .... Towns, villages and settlements of Jaunauce parish References Parishes in Saldus Municipality Semigallia {{zemgale-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šķēde Parish
Šķēde is a suburban settlement near Liepāja, Latvia, in Medze Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality. It is located on the north border of the city. Šķēde was the biggest dacha cooperative in Latvia in the time of the Latvian SSR. One of Šķēde's notable features is its street names, which are known as "lines" and numbered from 1 to 18. Typical Šķēde addresses may thus appear as: ''Šķēde 1-15-2''. Until 2005, the main Liepāja landfill was located near Šķēde. History Šķēde is also known for the Nazi Liepāja massacres in 1941. The main perpetrators were detachments of the Einsatzgruppen, the Sicherheitsdienst (or SD), the Ordnungspolizei and Latvian auxiliary police and militia forces. Wehrmacht and German naval forces also participated in the shootings. In addition to Jew ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruba Parish
Ruba Parish () is an administrative unit of Saldus Municipality in the Semigallia region of 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 t .... Towns, villages and settlements of Ruba parish References Parishes in Saldus Municipality Semigallia {{zemgale-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
