Grobiņa Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Grobiņa Municipality Grobiņas novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Grobiņa
Government
• Chairman	Aivars Priedols (LZS)
Area ^[1]
• Total	489.96 km² (189.17 sq mi)
• Land	474.47 km² (183.19 sq mi)
• Water	15.49 km² (5.98 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	8,329
• Density	17/km² (44/sq mi)
Website	www.grobina.lv

Grobiņa Municipality (Latvian: Grobiņas novads) is a former 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.^[3]

Grobiņa Municipality ceased to exist on 1 July 2021, when it was merged into the newly-formed South Kurzeme Municipality.^[4]

Notable countrymen

Georg Friedism Sigismund von Bilterling [lv] (Georg Sigismund von Bilterling, 1733-1803) — pastor and teacher
Jānis Birznieks [lv] (1895-1955) — politician
Ernests Feldmanis [lv] (1889-1947) — actor
Andrejs Freimanis (1914-1994) — soldier
Archibald von Keyserling [de] (1882-1951) — admiral
Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz ( Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz , 1796-1869) — German sculptor
Ansis Petrevics [lv] (1882-1941) — politician
Fricis Rokpelnis (1909-1969) — writer

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.
^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas