Talsi Municipality
Introduction '''Talsi Municipality''' (; Livonian: ) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Abava parish, Balgale parish, Ģibuļi parish, Īve parish, Ķūļciems parish, Laidze parish, Lauciene parish, Lībagi parish, Lube parish, Strazde parish, Valdgale parish, Vandzene parish, Virbi parish, Talsi town, Stende town, Sabile town and Valdemārpils town with its countryside territory. In 2021 the municipality was expanded to include the former Dundaga municipality, Mērsrags municipality and Roja municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality is Talsi city. The population in 2022 was 35,194.On 25 January 2023, a traffic sign was erected with the municipality's Livonian name to reflect its Livonian cultural heritage as part of the Livonian language revival process. The sign is notable for being the first Livonian-language traffic sign in Latvia; similar signs are planned to be placed at villages along the Livonian Coast.
Population  Territorial unit Population (year)Abava parish1123 (2018)Ārlava parish887 (2018)Balgale parish839 (2018)Ģibuļi parish2286 (2018)Īve parish450 (2018)Ķūļciems parish358 (2018)Laidze parish1801 (2018)Lauciene parish1574 (2018)Lībagi parish1967 (2018)Lube parish482 (2018)Sabile1542 (2018)Stende1741 (2018)Strazde parish388 (2018)Talsi10029 (2018)Valdemārpils1332 (2018)Valdgale parish1251 (2018)Vandzene parish1657 (2018)Virbi parish823 (2018)
Twin towns — sister cities Talsi is twinned with:* Alanya, Turkey* Lejre, Denmark* Orhei, Moldova* Prienai, Lithuania* Saaremaa, Estonia* Shchyolkovo, Russia* Söderköping, Sweden* Telavi, Georgia
Symbols After the 2021 administrative reform, the previous coat of arms and flag of the municipality were abolished and work began on creating new ones. The new coat of arms was adopted on 20 October 2022, with the new flag still pending. File:LVA Talsu novads COA.png|Coat of arms (2010–2021)File:Flag of Talsi Municipality 2010-2021.png|Flag (2010–2021)
See also * Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
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