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Tukums Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Tukums Municipality Tukuma novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Reformed	2021
Centre	Tukums
Government
• Council Chair	Normunds Rečs (NA)
Website	www.tukums.lv

Tukums Municipality (Latvian: Tukuma novads) is a Latvian municipality situated partly in the region of Semigallia, partly in Courland and partly in Vidzeme. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Degole Parish, Džūkste Parish, Irlava Parish, Jaunsāti Parish, Lestene Parish, Pūre Parish, Sēme Parish, Slampe Parish, Tume Parish, Zentene Parish and Tukums town; the administrative centre being Tukums. The population in 2020 was 27,613.^[1]

On 1 July 2021, Tukums Municipality was enlarged when Engure Municipality, Jaunpils Municipality and Kandava Municipality were merged into it.^[2]

Population

Territorial unit	Population (year)
Degole parish	665 (2018)^[3]
Džūkste Parish	1417 (2018)
Irlava Parish	1406 (2018)
Jaunsāti Parish	906 (2018)
Lestene Parish	650 (2018)
Pūre Parish	1436 (2018)
Sēme Parish	1240 (2018)
Slampe Parish	1855 (2018)
Tukums	18447 (2018)
Tume Parish	1748 (2018)
Zentene Parish	504 (2018)

Twin towns — sister cities

Tukums is twinned with:^[4]

Andrychów, Poland
Bnei Ayish, Israel
Chennevières-sur-Marne, France
Izium, Ukraine
Karelichy, Belarus
Krasnogorsk, Russia
Plungė, Lithuania
Scheeßel, Germany
Tidaholm, Sweden

Images

Boundaries of the municipality from 2009 to 2021
Council of Tukums Municipality

References

^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". tukums.lv (in Latvian). Tukums. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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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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State cities	Riga Jūrmala Ogre
Municipalities	Ādaži Ķekava Limbaži Mārupe Ogre Olaine Ropaži Salaspils Saulkrasti Sigulda Tukums
Ogre is a state city, but it is also part of Ogre Municipality. Unlike the other listed entities, it is not a first-level administrative division of Latvia.