Kandava Municipality
Kandava Municipality (Latvian: Kandavas novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 1999 by merging Cēre parish and Kandava town with its countryside territory. Later it absorbed Matkule parish, Vāne parish, Zante parish and Zemīte parish the administrative centre being Kandava.
Kandava Municipality Kandavas novads | |
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| Formed | 1999 |
| Centre | Kandava |
| Government | |
| • Chairwoman | Inga Priede (LZP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 650.9 km2 (251.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,057 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Twin towns – sister cities
Kandava is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.[3]
Charter of European Rural Communities
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- Other twin towns[4]
See also
References
- The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived 7 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- "The Central Election Commission of Latvia". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- "Charter members". europeancharter.eu. Charter of European Rural Communities. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- "Kandavas novada pašvaldības ārvalstu sadarbības partneri". kandava.lv (in Latvian). Kandava. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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