Tukums municipality
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Tukums municipality is a municipality
in Zemgale, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Degole parish
, Džūkste parish
, Irlava parish
, Jaunsāti parish
, Lestene parish
, Pūre parish
, Sēme parish
, Slampe parish
, Tume parish
, Zentene parish
and Tukums
town
; the administrative centre being Tukums.
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 Zemgale, 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 2009 by merging Degole parish
Degole parish
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, Džūkste parish
Džūkste parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Džūkste parish :*...
, Irlava parish
Irlava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Irlava parish :*...
, Jaunsāti parish
Jaunsāti parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Jaunsāti parish :*...
, Lestene parish
Lestene parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Lestene parish :*...
, Pūre parish
Pūre parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Pūre parish :*...
, Sēme parish
Sēme parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sēme parish :*...
, Slampe parish
Slampe parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Slampe parish :*...
, Tume parish
Tume parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Tume parish :*...
, Zentene parish
Zentene parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Zentene parish :*...
and Tukums
Tukums
Tukums is a town in Latvia. Three regions of Latvia meet in the vicinity of Tukums – Vidzeme, Zemgale and Courland. The city was host to the Cold War facility Tukums air base.- History :...
town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
; the administrative centre being Tukums.