Brocēni Municipality

Brocēni Municipality (Latvian: Brocēnu novads) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia.

Brocēni Municipality

Brocēnu novads
Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2001
CentreBrocēni
Government
 • ChairmanĀrijs Sproģis (LZP)
Area
 • Total498.5 km2 (192.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)[2]
 • Total7,215
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Websitewww.broceni.lv

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.

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
  1. The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived February 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. The Central Election Commission of Latvia


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