Aizpute Municipality () is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
Courland
Courland is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. Courland's largest city is Liepāja, which is the third largest city in Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland as they were ...
,
Latvia
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. The municipality was formed in 2009 by
merging Aizpute
Aizpute (; historically Polish language, Polish: ''Hazenpot'') is a town in South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, in the valley of the Tebra River, situated northeast of Liepāja.
History
The territory of modern Aizpute ...
town,
Aizpute parish,
Cīrava parish,
Kalvene parish,
Kazdanga parish
Kazdanga Parish () is an administrative unit of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland 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 st ...
and
Laža parish the administrative centre being Aizpute. Aizpute Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly formed
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 ...
. The population in 2020 was 8,057.
Notable people
Latvian dissident and 2018
Nobel Peace Prize
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nominee
Lidija Doroņina-Lasmane
Lidija Doroņina-Lasmane (born Lidija Lasmane in 1925) is a Latvian dissident, a member of anti-Soviet resistance during the occupation of Latvia and a candidate for 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.
Biography
Born on July 28, 1925, in the Ulmale Pari ...
was born in Aizpute Municipality.
Twin towns — sister cities
Aizpute is
twinned with:
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Schwerzenbach
Schwerzenbach is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal'').
The municipality was first mentioned in year 1064 as ''Swerzenbach''.
Geography
Schwerzenb ...
, Switzerland
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Karlskrona
Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to ...
, Sweden
See also
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Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
The current administrative division of Latvia came into force on 1 July 2021.
On 10 June 2020, the Saeima approved a municipal reform that would reduce the 110 municipalities and nine republic cities to 43 local government units consisting of 36 ...
References
Former municipalities of Latvia
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