Durbe Municipality | |
Native Name: | Durbes novads |
Native Name Lang: | lv |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Formed |
Established Date: | 2000 |
Seat Type: | Centre |
Seat: | Lieģi |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Leader Name: | Ojārs Petrēvics (LZS) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Durbe Municipality (Latvian: Durbes novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2000 by merging Tadaiķi parish and Durbe town with its countryside territory. In 2009 it absorbed Dunalka parish and Vecpils parish, the administrative centre being Lieģi. As of 2020, the population was 2,601.[1]
Durbe Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly formed South Kurzeme Municipality.[2]