Kazdanga (German: ''Katzdangen'') is a larger village, the administrative center of the

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 ...

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 ...

in the

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 ...

region of

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. 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 A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production ...

. The modern settlement grew around the Kazdanga manor (burned down during the

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. 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 Kazdanga. The runs across Kazdanga. There is an archaeological site of national importance, the Kazdanga (Valata) Hillfort north of Valata ().Kazdangas (Valatas) pilskalns
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{{coord, 56.73222, 21.73389, display=title Villages in Courland Populated places in South Kurzeme Municipality