Skrunda Municipality
municipality of Latvia between 2009 and 2021
Skrunda Municipality (Latvian: Skrundas novads) was a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Skrunda town with its countryside territory, Raņķi parish, Nīkrāce parish and Rudbārži parish; the administrative centre being Skrunda. The population in 2020 was 4,543.
On 1 July 2021, Skrunda Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Kuldīga Municipality.
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