Kuldīga Municipality

Kuldīga Municipality (Latvian: Kuldīgas novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Ēdole parish, Gudenieki parish, Īvande parish, Kabile parish, Kurmāle parish, Laidi parish, Padure parish, Pelči parish, Renda parish, Rumba parish, Snēpele parish, Turlava parish, Vārme parish and Kuldīga town. The administrative centre is Kuldīga. As of 2020, the population was 22,028.[1]

Kuldīga Municipality
Kuldīgas novads
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreKuldīga
Government
 • Council ChairInga Bērziņa
(For Kuldīga Municipality)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total27,736
Websitewww.kuldiga.lv

History

Kuldīga municipality was established on July 1, 2009. Before that, it was a part of Kuldīga District, which also included modern Alsunga and Skrunda districts. Kuldīga district was established in 1949. From 1952 to 1953, Kuldīga district was included in Liepāja District.

From 1819 to 1949, most of Kuldīga parish belonged to Kuldīga district. At that time, Ēdole Parish was part of Ventspils District, but Gudenieki Parish, as well as part of Turlava Parish (Klostere Parish) and Laidi Parish (Valtaiķi Parish) were in Aizpute District.

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Kuldīga is twinned with:[2]

See also

References
  1. "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  2. "Sadraudzības pilsētas". kuldiga.lv (in Latvian). Kuldīga. Retrieved 2019-08-31.


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