Saldus Municipality (2009–2021)
Introduction '''Saldus Municipality (2009–2021)''' () was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Saldus town, Ezere Parish, Jaunauce Parish, Jaunlutriņi Parish, Kursīši Parish, Lutriņi Parish, Nīgrande Parish, Novadnieki Parish, Pampāļi Parish, Ruba Parish, Saldus Parish, Šķēde Parish, Vadakste Parish, Zaņa Parish, Zirņi Parish and Zvārde Parish, the administrative centre being Saldus. On July 1, 2021 the municipality was merged with Brocēni Municipality. The population in 2020 was 21,587.
Population  Territorial unit  Population (year)Ezere parish1121 (2018)Jaunauce parish342 (2018)Jaunlutriņi parish739 (2018)Kursīši parish807 (2018)Lutriņi parish1286 (2018)Nīgrande parish1347 (2018)Novadnieki parish1652 (2018)Pampāļi parish597 (2018)Ruba parish715 (2018)Saldus10810 (2018)Saldus parish1549 (2018)Šķēde parish572 (2018)Vadakste parish406 (2018)Zaņa parish624 (2018)Zirņi parish1564 (2018)Zvārde parish385 (2018)
Patron of the University of Latvia Saldus municipality was a silver patron of the University of Latvia Foundation. Supported the University of Latvia in 2013-2019, when it established a scholarship “Medusmaize”, which is intended for young people of their region who, after graduating from high school, start basic studies in one of the Latvian universities. If the criteria are met, support is provided throughout the bachelor's degree.
Twin towns — sister cities Saldus is twinned with:* Mažeikiai, Lithuania* Nevarėnai, Lithuania* Šilutė, Lithuania* Paide, Estonia* Stargard, Poland* Florești, Moldova* Lidingö, Sweden* Liederbach am Taunus, Germany* Sankt Andrä, Austria* Sergiyev Posad, Russia* Tsqaltubo, Georgia* Villebon-sur-Yvette, France* Volda, Norway
See also *Administrative divisions of Latvia
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