Map - Priekule municipality (Priekules Novads)

Priekule municipality (Priekules Novads)
Priekule Municipality (Priekules novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bunka Parish, Virga Parish, Gramzda Parish, Kalēti Parish, Priekule Parish and Priekule town the administrative centre being Priekule. As of 2020, the population was 4,997.

Priekule Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly-formed South Kurzeme Municipality.

* Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

 
Map - Priekule municipality (Priekules Novads)
Country - Latvia
Flag of Latvia
Latvia ( or ; Latvija ; Latveja; Lețmō), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika, Latvejas Republika, Lețmō Vabāmō), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of 64589 km2, with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population.

After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the German Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I. However, by the 1930s the country became increasingly autocratic after the coup in 1934 establishing an authoritarian regime under Kārlis Ulmanis. The country's de facto independence was interrupted at the outset of World War II, beginning with Latvia's forcible incorporation into the Soviet Union, followed by the invasion and occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941, and the re-occupation by the Soviets in 1944 to form the Latvian SSR for the next 45 years. As a result of extensive immigration during the Soviet occupation, ethnic Russians became the most prominent minority in the country, now constituting nearly a quarter of the population. The peaceful Singing Revolution started in 1987, and ended with the restoration of de facto independence on 21 August 1991. Since then, Latvia has been a democratic unitary parliamentary republic.
Map - Latvia1304px-Latvia_location_map.svg.png
1304px-Latvia_locati...
1304x821
freemapviewer.org
Map - Latvialatvia_rel98.jpg
latvia_rel98.jpg
1014x938
freemapviewer.org
Map - Latvialatvia_pol98.jpg
latvia_pol98.jpg
996x930
freemapviewer.org
Map - LatviaSatellite_image_of_Latvia_in_March_2003.jpg
Satellite_image_of_L...
1837x1088
freemapviewer.org
Map - Latviapage1-1753px-Latvia_regions_map_%283%29.pdf.jpg
page1-1753px-Latvia_...
1753x1032
freemapviewer.org
Currency / Language  
ISO Currency Symbol Significant figures
EUR Euro € 2
Neighbourhood - Country  
  •  Belarus 
  •  Estonia 
  •  Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 
  •  Russia 
Administrative Subdivision
Country, State, Region,...