Kandava Municipality () is a former 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. On 1 July 2021, Kandava Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Tukums Municipality. Twin towns – sister cities Kandava was a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union. Charter of European Rural Communities Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom Esch, Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kannus, Finland Kolindros, Greece Lassee, Austria Medzev, Slovakia Moravče, Slovenia Næstved, Denmark Nagycenk, Hungary Nadur, Malta Ockelbo, Sweden Pano Lefkara, Cyprus Põlva, Estonia Samuel, Portugal Slivo Pole, Bulgaria Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Strzyżów, Poland Tisno, Croatia Troisvierges, Luxembourg Žagarė, Lithuania Other twin towns Ghelăuza, Moldova Lejre, Denmark Saku, Estonia Šilalė, Lithuania Strängnäs, Sweden See also Administrative divisions of Latvia References Former municipalities of Latvia