Kandava Municipality
Kandava Municipality 
    Kandavas novads  | |
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| Country | |
| Formed | 1999 | 
| Centre | Kandava | 
| Government | |
| • Chairwoman | Inga Priede (LZP) | 
| Area | |
 • Total  | 649.02 km2 (250.59 sq mi) | 
| • Land | 636.45 km2 (245.73 sq mi) | 
| • Water | 12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2021)[2]  | |
 • Total  | 7,462 | 
| • Density | 11/km2 (30/sq mi) | 
| Website | www | 
Kandava Municipality (Latvian: Kandavas novads) is a former 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.
On 1 July 2021, Kandava Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Tukums Municipality.[3]
Twin towns – sister cities
Kandava was a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.[4]
Charter of European Rural Communities
 Bienvenida, Spain
 Bièvre, Belgium
 Bucine, Italy
 Cashel, Ireland
 Cissé, France
 Desborough, England, United Kingdom
 Esch, Netherlands
 Hepstedt, Germany
 Ibănești, Romania
 Kannus, Finland
 Kolindros, Greece
 Lassee, Austria
 Medzev, Slovakia
 Moravče, Slovenia
 Næstved, Denmark
 Nagycenk, Hungary
 Nadur, Malta
 Ockelbo, Sweden
 Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
 Põlva, Estonia
 Samuel, Portugal
 Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
 Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
 Strzyżów, Poland
 Tisno, Croatia
 Troisvierges, Luxembourg
 Žagarė, Lithuania
- Other twin towns[5]
 
See also
References
- ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021. 
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021. 
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
 - ^ "Charter members". europeancharter.eu. Charter of European Rural Communities. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
 - ^ "Kandavas novada pašvaldības ārvalstu sadarbības partneri". kandava.lv (in Latvian). Kandava. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
 


