Saldus District (Latvian: Saldus rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Courland region, in the country's west.
Saldus | |
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District | |
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| Country | Latvia |
| Created | 1949 |
| Dissolved | 2009 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,182 km2 (842 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 36,324 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Website | saldus.lv/ |
The district, previously a part of Kuldīga County, was created during the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1949. The district was divided up during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009 into Brocēni Municipality and Saldus Municipality. In 2021 they were merged again into a new Saldus Municipality.
Cities and parishes
editCulture
editZvērā was an annual non-commercial rock music festival held near Lašupe, Lutriņi Parish.[2]
References
edit- ^ "RESIDENT POPULATION BY REGION, CITY AND DISTRICT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR". Centrālās statistikas pārvaldes datu bāzes. Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ Former Festival homepage: http://www.zvera.lv Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
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