Roja Municipality ( lv, Rojas novads) is a former municipality in

Courland Courland (; lv, Kurzeme; liv, Kurāmō; German and Scandinavian languages: ''Kurland''; la, Curonia/; russian: Курляндия; Estonian: ''Kuramaa''; lt, Kuršas; pl, Kurlandia) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. ...

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging

Mērsrags parish Mērsrags (german: Markgrafen) is a small harbor town in Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, located on the west coast of the Gulf of Riga, beside Lake Engure and surrounded by extensive woodlands. The total area of the former M ...

and

Roja parish Roja Parish ( lv, Rojas pagasts) is an administrative unit of Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. From 2009 until 2021, it was part of the former Roja Municipality Roja Municipality ( lv, Rojas novads) is a former municipality i ...

the administrative centre being

Roja Roja may refer to: * ''Roja'' (film), a 1992 Tamil-language film by director Mani Ratnam * ''Roja'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film * Roja Selvamani Roja Selvamani (born Sri Latha Reddy; 17 November 1972), also known as R. K. ...

. Since 2010 a separate

Mērsrags municipality Mērsrags Municipality ( lv, Mērsraga novads) 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 merging Mērsrags Parish and Roja Parish, both at ...

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.
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