Saldus district


Saldus district was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Courland region, in the country's west.
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

  • Saldus city
  • Brocēni town
  • Ezere Parish
  • Gaiķi 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
  • Zvārde Parish

    Culture

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