Aizpute Municipality | |
Native Name: | Aizputes novads |
Native Name Lang: | lv |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Formed |
Established Date: | 2009 |
Seat Type: | Centre |
Seat: | Aizpute |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Juris Grasmanis (NA) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Aizpute Municipality (Latvian: Aizputes novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Aizpute town, Aizpute parish, Cīrava parish, Kalvene parish, Kazdanga parish and Laža parish the administrative centre being Aizpute. Aizpute Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly formed South Kurzeme Municipality.[1] The population in 2020 was 8,057.[2]
Latvian dissident and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Lidija Doroņina-Lasmane was born in Aizpute Municipality.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia.