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Brocēni Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Former municipality in Latvia

Brocēni Municipality Brocēnu novads
Former municipality
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Country	Latvia
Formed	2001
Dissolved	2021
Centre	Brocēni
Government
• Chairman	Ārijs Sproģis (LZP)
Area ^[1]
• Total	496.55 km² (191.72 sq mi)
• Land	481.36 km² (185.85 sq mi)
• Water	15.19 km² (5.86 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	5,672
• Density	11/km² (30/sq mi)
Website	www.broceni.lv

Brocēni Municipality (Latvian: Brocēnu novads) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. As of 2020, the population was 5,633.^[3]

History

The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging Blīdene parish, Remte parish and Brocēni town with its countryside territory, the administrative centre being Brocēni. In 2009 the municipality absorbed Gaiķi parish as well. In 2010 Ciecere parish was created from the countryside territory of Brocēni town. On 1 July 2021, the municipality was merged with Saldus Municipality. The name of the new municipality is Saldus Municipality.

Geography

The district is located to the east of the city Saldus. Limestone is mined at Lake Cieceres and at Brocēni. The railway line from Riga to Liepāja runs through the district in a west-east direction.

References

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^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.