Roja Municipality (, ) was a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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 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 ...

. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Mērsrags parish and

Roja parish Roja Parish () is an administrative unit of Talsi 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 states, along wi ...

the administrative centre being Roja. Since 2010 a separate

Mērsrags municipality Mērsrags Municipality () is a former administrative unit of Latvia, formed in 2011. As of 2020, the population was 1,407. History In 2009, Roja Municipality was formed by Merger (politics), merging Mērsrags Parish and Roja Parish, both at the ...

has been created. The population in 2020 was 3,368. On 1 July 2021, Roja Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into

Talsi Municipality Talsi Municipality (; Livonian language, Livonian: ) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Abava parish, Balgale parish, Ģibuļi parish, Īve parish, Ķūļciems parish, Laidze pa ...

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Former municipalities of Latvia + {{Courland-geo-stub

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