Rucava Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Rucava Municipality Rucavas novads
Municipality
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Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Rucava
Government
• Council Chair	Jānis Veits (For The Development of the Municipality)
Area ^[1]
• Total	448.16 km² (173.04 sq mi)
• Land	434.43 km² (167.73 sq mi)
• Water	13.73 km² (5.30 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	1,505
• Density	3.4/km² (8.7/sq mi)

Rucava Municipality (Latvian: Rucavas novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Dunika Parish and Rucava Parish, the administrative centre being Rucava. The population in 2020 was 1,451.^[3]

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

References

^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "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