Engure Municipality (Latvian: Engures novads) is a former Latvian municipality situated partly in the region of Courland and partly in Vidzeme. It bordered Mērsrags municipality, Tukums municipality, Jūrmala and the Gulf of Riga. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Engure parish, Smārde parish and Lapmežciems parish, with the administrative centre being Smārde. The population in 2020 was 7,124.[3]

Engure Municipality
Engures novads
Flag of Engure Municipality
Coat of arms of Engure Municipality
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreSmārde
Government
 • ChairmanGundars Važa (NA)
Area
 • Total396.40 km2 (153.05 sq mi)
 • Land365.55 km2 (141.14 sq mi)
 • Water30.85 km2 (11.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total7,147
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Websitewww.engure.lv

On 1 July 2021, Engure Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Tukums Municipality.[4]

Population edit

Parish Population (year)
Engure parish 2518 (2018)[5]
Lapmežciems parish 2324 (2018)
Smārde parish 2557 (2018)

See also edit

References edit

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  3. ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. ^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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