Ventspils District

Ventspils
Ventspils
District
	Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Area
• Total	2,462 km2 (951 sq mi)
Population (1998)
• Total	14,530
Website	ventspilsrp.lv/

The Ventspils District (Latvian: Ventspils rajons), was an administrative division of Latvia, located in the Courland region, in the country's west.^[2]

The district consisted of eleven parishes and one rural territory.^[2] The city of Ventspils was district-free, and not part of the population estimate.^[1]^[3] All districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009.

Parishes and rural territory

Ance
Jūrkalne
Pope
Puze
Targale
Ugale
Usma
Uzava
Varve
Ziras
Zlekas
Piltene town's rural territory.

References

^ ^a ^b OECD Economic Surveys: Baltic States 2000. OECD Publishing. 2000-03-01. ISBN 978-92-64-17741-3.
^ ^a ^b Edovald, Triin; Felton, Michelle; Haywood, John (2010). Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1075. ISBN 978-0-7614-7896-6.
^ Martí-Henneberg, Jordi (2021-08-20). European Regions, 1870 – 2020: A Geographic and Historical Insight into the Process of European Integration. Springer Nature. p. 365. ISBN 978-3-030-61537-6.

57°25′N 21°32′E / 57.417°N 21.533°E / 57.417; 21.533

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[OECD-1] OECD Economic Surveys: Baltic States 2000. OECD Publishing. 2000-03-01. ISBN 978-92-64-17741-3.

[Edovald-2] Edovald, Triin; Felton, Michelle; Haywood, John (2010). Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. Marshall Cavendish. p. 1075. ISBN 978-0-7614-7896-6.

[3] Martí-Henneberg, Jordi (2021-08-20). European Regions, 1870 – 2020: A Geographic and Historical Insight into the Process of European Integration. Springer Nature. p. 365. ISBN 978-3-030-61537-6.

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v t e Cities, Municipalities and Parishes of the defunct Ventspils District
Cities:	Piltene
Municipalities:	(none)
Parishes:	Ance Jūrkalne Pope Puze Tārgale Ugāle Usma Užava Vārve Ziras Zlēkas