Brocēni municipality
Encyclopedia
Brocēni municipality is a municipality
in Courland
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging Blīdene parish
, Remte parish
and Brocēni
town with its countryside territory the administrative centre being Brocēni. In 2009 the municipality absorbed Gaiķi parish
, too.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Courland
Courland
Courland is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland.- Geography and climate :...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging Blīdene parish
Blīdene parish
Blīdene parish is an administrative unit of the Brocēni municipality, Latvia....
, Remte parish
Remte parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Remte parish :*...
and Brocēni
Broceni
Brocēni is a town in southern Latvia along the river Ciecere in the Brocēni municipality. The town is near lake Ciecere, which contains a large deposit of limestone, which is used in the manufacture of cement. During the Second World War, a cement and slate factory was built in the town. It is...
town with its countryside territory the administrative centre being Brocēni. In 2009 the municipality absorbed Gaiķi parish
Gaiķi parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Gaiķi parish :*...
, too.