Vaiņode Municipality | |
Native Name: | Vaiņodes novads |
Native Name Lang: | lv |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Formed |
Established Date: | 2009 |
Seat Type: | Centre |
Seat: | Vaiņode |
Leader Title: | Council Chair |
Leader Name: | Visvaldis Jansons |
Leader Party: | LZS |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Vaiņode Municipality (Latvian: Vaiņodes novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Embūte parish and Vaiņode parish; the administrative centre being Vaiņode. The population in 2020 was 2,235.[1]
Vaiņode Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly formed South Kurzeme Municipality.[2]