Vaiņode municipality
Encyclopedia
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
.
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 Courland
Courland
Courland is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland.- Geography and climate :...
, 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 Embūte parish
Embūte parish
Embūte parish is an administrative unit of the Vaiņode municipality, Latvia. The parish has a population of 414 and covers an area of 117.6 km2.- See also :* Embūte castle...
and Vaiņode parish
Vaiņode parish
Vaiņode parish is an administrative unit of the Vaiņode municipality, Latvia. The parish has a population of 2518 and covers an area of 189.7 km2.- Villages of Vaiņode parish :* Auguste* Bātasmuiža * Mālkalne* Vaiņode...
; the administrative centre being Vaiņode
Vaiņode
Vaiņode is a village in and centre of Vaiņode municipality and Vaiņode parish, Latvia....
.