Saldus District (Latvian: Saldus rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Courland region, in the country's west.

Saldus
District
Location of Saldus
CountryLatvia
Created1949
Dissolved2009
Area
 • Total2,182 km2 (842 sq mi)
Population
 • Total36,324
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Websitesaldus.lv/

The district, previously a part of Kuldīga County, was created during the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1949. The district was divided up during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009 into Brocēni Municipality and Saldus Municipality. In 2021 they were merged again into a new Saldus Municipality.

Cities and parishes

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Culture

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Zvērā was an annual non-commercial rock music festival held near Lašupe, Lutriņi Parish.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "RESIDENT POPULATION BY REGION, CITY AND DISTRICT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR". Centrālās statistikas pārvaldes datu bāzes. Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  2. ^ Former Festival homepage: http://www.zvera.lv Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine

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