Grobiņa Municipality

{{Short description|Municipality of Latvia}}

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| name = Grobiņa Municipality

| native_name = Grobiņas novads

| native_name_lang = lv

| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_shield = Grobiņas_novads_COA.svg

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| image_map = Grobinas novads karte.png

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{LVA}}

| established_title = Formed

| established_date = 2009

| extinct_title = Dissolved

| extinct_date = 2021

| seat_type = Centre

| seat = Grobiņa

| leader_party = LZS

| leader_title = Chairman

| leader_name = Aivars Priedols (last)

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| website = {{url|www.grobina.lv}}

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Grobiņa Municipality ({{langx|lv|Grobiņas novads}}) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bārta Parish, Gavieze Parish, Grobiņa Parish, Medze Parish and the town of Grobiņa with the administrative centre being Grobiņa. The population in 2020 was 8,347.{{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}}

Grobiņa Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly formed South Kurzeme 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}}

Notable countrymen

  • {{ill|Georg Friedism Sigismund von Bilterling|lv|Georgs Frīdrihs Sigismunds Bilterlings}} (Georg Sigismund von Bilterling, 1733-1803) — pastor and teacher
  • {{ill|Jānis Birznieks|lv|Jānis Birznieks}} (1895-1955) — politician
  • {{ill|Ernests Feldmanis|lv|Ernests Feldmanis}} (1889-1947) — actor
  • Andrejs Freimanis (1914-1994) — officer of the Latvian Legion, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • {{ill|Archibald von Keyserling|de|Archibald von Keyserling}} (1882-1951) — first Latvian Naval Forces admiral
  • Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz ( Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz , 1796-1869) — German sculptor
  • {{ill|Ansis Petrevics|lv|Ansis Petrevics}} (1882-1941) — politician and minister in the Latvian government
  • Fricis Rokpelnis (1909-1969) — writer

See also

References

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{{Latvian municipalities 2009}}

{{Kurzeme Region}}

{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|56.5667|N|21.1000|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:LV|display=title}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grobina Municipality}}

Category:Former municipalities of Latvia

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