The former Saldus Municipality () was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging parts of the former Saldus district: Saldus town (municipal centre), Ezere Parish, Jaunauce Parish, Jaunlutriņi Parish, Kursīši Parish, Lutriņi Parish, Nīgrande Parish, Novadnieki Parish, Pampāļi Parish, Ruba Parish, Saldus Parish, Šķēde Parish, Vadakste Parish, Zaņa Parish, Zirņi Parish and Zvārde Parish.
On 1 July 2021 the municipality was merged with Brocēni Municipality into the new Saldus Municipality. The population in 2020 was 21,587.
Population Territorial unit Population (year)Ezere parish1121 (2018)Jaunauce parish342 (2018)Jaunlutriņi parish739 (2018)Kursīši parish807 (2018)Lutriņi parish1286 (2018)Nīgrande parish1347 (2018)Novadnieki parish1652 (2018)Pampāļi parish597 (2018)Ruba parish715 (2018)Saldus10810 (2018)Saldus parish1549 (2018)Šķēde parish572 (2018)Vadakste parish406 (2018)Zaņa parish624 (2018)Zirņi parish1564 (2018)Zvārde parish385 (2018)
Patron of the University of Latvia Since 2013, Saldus Municipality was a Silver Patron of the University of Latvia Foundation. The scholarship “Medusmaize” was intended for young people of their region who, after graduating from high school, start basic studies in one of the Latvian universities. If the criteria are met, support was to be provided throughout the bachelor's degree.
Twin towns — sister cities
Saldus is twinned with:
Mažeikiai, Lithuania Nevarėnai, Lithuania Šilutė, Lithuania Paide, Estonia Stargard, Poland Florești, Moldova Lidingö, Sweden Liederbach am Taunus, Germany Sankt Andrä, Austria Sergiyev Posad, Russia Tsqaltubo, Georgia Villebon-sur-Yvette, France Volda, Norway
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