Kuldīga district
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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) | |
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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
- ↑ July 1, 2014 Latvian Registration Office