Kandava municipality
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Kandava municipality is a municipality
in Courland
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 1999 by merging Cēre parish and Kandava
town with its countryside territory. Later it absorbed Matkule parish, Vāne parish
, Zante parish
and Zemīte parish the administrative centre being Kandava
.
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 1999 by merging Cēre parish and Kandava
Kandava
Kandava is a town in Latvia. As a settlement, it is first mentioned in written sources in 1230.-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...
town with its countryside territory. Later it absorbed Matkule parish, Vāne parish
Vāne parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Vāne parish :*...
, Zante parish
Zante parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Zante parish :*...
and Zemīte parish the administrative centre being Kandava
Kandava
Kandava is a town in Latvia. As a settlement, it is first mentioned in written sources in 1230.-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...
.