:Engure Municipality
{{short description|Municipality of Latvia}}
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| name = Engure Municipality
| native_name = Engures novads
| native_name_lang = lv
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| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_flag = Engures novads Flag.png
| image_shield = Engures novads COA.png
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{LVA}}
| established_title = Formed
| established_date = 2009
| seat_type = Centre
| seat = Smārde
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Gundars Važa (NA)
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| website = {{url|www.engure.lv}}
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Engure Municipality ({{langx|lv|Engures novads}}) is a former Latvian municipality situated partly in the region of Courland and partly in Vidzeme. It bordered Mērsrags municipality, Tukums municipality, Jūrmala and the Gulf of Riga. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Engure parish, Smārde parish and Lapmežciems parish, with the administrative centre being Smārde. The population in 2020 was 7,124.{{Cite web | url=http://data.csb.gov.lv/pxweb/en/iedz/iedz__iedzskaits__ikgad/ISG020.px/ | title=ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county | publisher=Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia|date=2020-01-01|access-date=2021-02-12}}
On 1 July 2021, Engure Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Tukums Municipality.{{Cite web |title=Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums |url=https://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=315654 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=LIKUMI.LV |language=lv}}
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{{Latvian municipalities 2009}}
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