Grobiņa Municipality
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Grobiņa Municipality
Grobiņas novads | |
---|---|
Country | Latvia |
Formed | 2009 |
Centre | Grobiņa |
Government | |
• Chairman | Aivars Priedols (LZS) |
Area | |
• Total | 489.96 km2 (189.17 sq mi) |
• Land | 474.47 km2 (183.19 sq mi) |
• Water | 15.49 km2 (5.98 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 8,329 |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Grobiņa Municipality (Latvian: Grobiņas novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bārta Parish, Gavieze Parish, Grobiņa Parish, Medze Parish and the town of Grobiņa with the administrative centre being Grobiņa. The population in 2020 was 8,347.[3]
Grobiņa Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly-formed South Kurzeme Municipality.[4]
Notable countrymen
- Georg Friedism Sigismund von Bilterling (Georg Sigismund von Bilterling, 1733-1803) — pastor and teacher
- Jānis Birznieks (1895-1955) — politician
- Ernests Feldmanis (1889-1947) — actor
- Andrejs Freimanis (1914-1994) — soldier
- Archibald von Keyserling (1882-1951) — admiral
- Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz ( Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz , 1796-1869) — German sculptor
- Ansis Petrevics (1882-1941) — politician
- Fricis Rokpelnis (1909-1969) — writer
See also
References
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- ^ "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.
- ^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
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