Priekule Municipality | |
Native Name: | Priekules novads |
Native Name Lang: | lv |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Formed |
Established Date: | 2009 |
Seat Type: | Centre |
Seat: | Priekule |
Leader Title: | Council Chair |
Leader Name: | Vija Jablonska |
Leader Party: | NA |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Priekule Municipality (Latvian: Priekules novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bunka Parish, Virga Parish, Gramzda Parish, Kalēti Parish, Priekule Parish and Priekule town the administrative centre being Priekule. As of 2020, the population was 4,997.[1]
Priekule Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly formed South Kurzeme Municipality.[2]