Engure municipality
Encyclopedia
Engure municipality is a municipality
in Zemgale, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Engure parish
, Smārde parish
and Lapmežciems parish
the administrative centre being Smārde
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Zemgale, 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 municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Engure parish
Engure parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Engure parish :*...
, Smārde parish
Smārde parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Smārde parish :*...
and Lapmežciems parish
Lapmežciems municipality
Lapmežciems municipality is an administrative unit of the Engure municipality, Latvia.- Towns, villages and settlements of Lapmežciems municipality :*...
the administrative centre being Smārde
Smārde
Smārde is a village in and center of Engure municipality, Latvia....
.