Ventspils Municipality

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Ventspils Municipality Ventspils novads Vǟnta mōgõn
Municipality
Baltic Sea coast near Miķeļtornis
Flag Coat of arms


Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Ventspils (extraterritorially)
Government
• Council Chair	Aivars Mucenieks (LZS)
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,458.62 km² (949.28 sq mi)
• Land	2,365.24 km² (913.22 sq mi)
• Water	93.38 km² (36.05 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[2]
• Total	10,303
• Density	4.2/km² (11/sq mi)
Website	www.ventspilsnovads.lv

Ventspils Municipality (Latvian: Ventspils novads; Livonian: Vǟnta mōgõn) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Piltene town, Ance Parish, Jūrkalne Parish, Piltene rural community (from 2010 Piltene Parish), Pope Parish, Puze Parish, Tārgale Parish, Ugāle Parish, Usma Parish, Užava Parish, Vārve Parish, Ziras Parish and Zlēkas Parish. It is administered from Ventspils city, which is not included within its limits. The population in 2023 was 10,512.^[3]

References

v t e First-level administrative divisions of Latvia
Municipalities	Ādaži Aizkraukle Alūksne Augšdaugava Balvi Bauska Cēsis Dobele Gulbene Jelgava Jēkabpils Ķekava Krāslava Kuldīga Limbaži Līvāni Ludza Madona Mārupe Ogre Olaine Preiļi Rēzekne Ropaži Salaspils Saldus Saulkrasti Sigulda Smiltene South Kurzeme Talsi Tukums Valka Valmiera Varakļāni Ventspils
State cities	Daugavpils Jelgava Jūrmala Liepāja Rēzekne Riga Ventspils
Jēkabpils, Ogre and Valmiera are also state cities. However, they are also part of municipalities and serve as second-level administrative divisions.

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Cities	Liepāja Ventspils
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