Brocēni Municipality
Brocēni Municipality
Brocēnu novads | |
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Former municipality | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2001 |
| Centre | Brocēni |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Ārijs Sproģis (LZP) |
| Area | |
| • Water | Expression error: Missing operand for -. km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Brocēni Municipality (Latvian: Brocēnu novads) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. As of 2020, the population was 5,633.[1]
History
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 as well. In 2010 Ciecere parish was created from the countryside territory of Brocēni town. On 1 July 2021, the municipality was merged with Saldus Municipality. The name of the new municipality is Saldus Municipality.
Geography
The district is located to the east of the city Saldus. Limestone is mined at Lake Cieceres and at Brocēni. The railway line from Riga to Liepāja runs through the district in a west-east direction.
See also
References
- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
External links
Media related to Brocēni Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 56°44′00″N 22°39′00″E / 56.7333°N 22.6500°E
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