Embūte parish
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Embūte parish is an administrative unit of the Vaiņode municipality
, Latvia
. The parish has a population of 414 (as of 1/07/2010) and covers an area of 117.6 km2.
Vaiņode municipality
Vaiņode municipality is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Embūte parish and Vaiņode parish; the administrative centre being Vaiņode.- References :...
, 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 parish has a population of 414 (as of 1/07/2010) and covers an area of 117.6 km2.
See also
- Embūte castleEmbute CastleEmbūte Castle ruins are located in Embūte, Latvia , in the Embūte parish, Vaiņode municipality not far from an ancient castle hill erected by Curonians which was an ancient Curonian settlement and is mentioned in ancient chronicles as a place with strong Curonian resistance to German crusaders.-...