Tukums Municipality
Tukuma novads
Municipality
Flag of Tukums Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Tukums Municipality
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2009
Reformed2021
CentreTukums
Government
 • Council ChairNormunds Rečs (NA)
Websitewww.tukums.lv
Council of Tukums Municipality

Tukums Municipality (Latvian: Tukuma novads) is a Latvian municipality situated partly in the region of Semigallia, partly in Courland and partly in Vidzeme. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Degole Parish, Džūkste Parish, Irlava Parish, Jaunsāti Parish, Lestene Parish, Pūre Parish, Sēme Parish, Slampe Parish, Tume Parish, Zentene Parish and Tukums town; the administrative centre being Tukums. The population in 2020 was 27,613.[1]

On 1 July 2021, Tukums Municipality was enlarged when Engure Municipality, Jaunpils Municipality and Kandava Municipality were merged into it.[2]

Population

Territorial unit Population (year)
Degole parish 665 (2018)[3]
Džūkste Parish 1417 (2018)
Irlava Parish 1406 (2018)
Jaunsāti Parish 906 (2018)
Lestene Parish 650 (2018)
Pūre Parish 1436 (2018)
Sēme Parish 1240 (2018)
Slampe Parish 1855 (2018)
Tukums 18447 (2018)
Tume Parish 1748 (2018)
Zentene Parish 504 (2018)

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Tukums is twinned with:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  2. ^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-11-20.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". tukums.lv (in Latvian). Tukums. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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