Kuldīga district

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Kuldīga district
location
Symbols
coat of arms
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Basic data
Country Latvia
Capital Kuldīga
surface 1,756.7 km²
Residents 25,823 (July 1, 2014)
density 15 inhabitants per km²
founding 2009
ISO 3166-2 LV-050
Website www.kuldiga.lv (Latvian)
politics
Council President Inga Bērziņa (2013)

Coordinates: 56 ° 58 '  N , 21 ° 58'  E

The Kuldīga District (Kuldīgas novads) is located in western Latvia in the Kurzeme Region . The 1756 m² district has 25,823 inhabitants (2014).

geography

The Venta flows through the rural area in a northerly direction and its tributary Abava flows in a westerly direction . Lake Usma is at the northern end of the district .

Communities

The district consists of the city of Kuldīga , which is also the administrative center, with 12,034 inhabitants (July 1, 2014) and 13 parishes (pagasts)

  • Ēdole with 928 inhabitants,
  • Gudenieki with 699 inhabitants,
  • Īvande with 393 inhabitants,
  • Kabile with 813 inhabitants,
  • Kurmāle with 2123 inhabitants,
  • Laidi with 1164 inhabitants,
  • Padure with 1121 inhabitants,
  • Pelči with 1080 inhabitants,
  • Renda with 1055 inhabitants,
  • Rumba with 1646 inhabitants,
  • Snēpele with 771 inhabitants,
  • Turlava with 946 inhabitants and
  • Vārme with 1050 inhabitants.

Web links

Commons : Kuldīga Municipality  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ July 1, 2014 Latvian Registration Office