Engure Municipality

Engure Municipality
Engures novads
Flag of Engure Municipality
Coat of arms of Engure Municipality
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreSmārde
Government
 • ChairmanGundars Važa (NA)
Area
 • Total
396.40 km2 (153.05 sq mi)
 • Land365.55 km2 (141.14 sq mi)
 • Water30.85 km2 (11.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
7,147
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Websitewww.engure.lv

Engure Municipality (Latvian: Engures novads) is a former Latvian municipality situated partly in the region of Courland and partly in Vidzeme. It bordered Mērsrags municipality, Tukums municipality, Jūrmala and the Gulf of Riga. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Engure parish, Smārde parish and Lapmežciems parish, with the administrative centre being Smārde. The population in 2020 was 7,124.[3]

On 1 July 2021, Engure Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Tukums Municipality.[4]

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.