Vaiņode Municipality

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Vaiņode Municipality
Vaiņodes novads
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CountryFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Formed2009
Centre Vaiņode
Government
  Council ChairVisvaldis Jansons (LZS)
Area
[1]
  Total306.95 km2 (118.51 sq mi)
  Land299.54 km2 (115.65 sq mi)
  Water7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
  Total2,216
  Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Website www.vainode.lv

Vaiņode Municipality (Latvian : Vaiņodes novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Embūte parish and Vaiņode parish; the administrative centre being Vaiņode. The population in 2020 was 2,235. [3]

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

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