{{Short description|Former municipality of Latvia}} {{primary sources|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Alsunga Municipality | native_name = ''Alsungas novads'' | native_name_lang = lv | official_name = | settlement_type = Former municipality | image_flag = | image_shield = Alsungas novads COA.svg | image_seal = | image_map = Alsungas novads karte.png | map_caption = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{LVA}} | established_title = Formed | established_date = 2009 | extinct_title = Dissolved | extinct_date = 2021 | seat_type = Centre | seat = Alsunga | leader_party = For The Growth of Alsunga Municipality | leader_title = Council Chair <small>(last)</small> | leader_name = Daiga Kalniņa | area_footnotes = {{wikidata|reference|best||P2046|P518=Q16868672}} | area_total_km2 = {{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q16868672}} | area_land_km2 = {{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q11081619}} | area_water_km2 = {{#expr:{{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q16868672}}-{{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q11081619}}}} | population_footnotes = {{wikidata|references|best||P1082}} | population_total = {{wikidata|property|qualifier|best||P1082}} | population_as_of = {{#invoke:WikidataIB|formatDate|{{wikidata|qualifier|best|raw||P1082|P585}}|df=y}} | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | website = {{url|www.alsunga.lv}} }} '''Alsunga Municipality''' ({{langx|lv|Alsungas novads}}) was a municipality in the historical region of Courland in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 from Alsunga Parish. The administrative centre was Alsunga.
The municipality consisted of the following villages and settlements: Alsunga, Almāle, Balande, Dienvidstacija, Ziedlejas, Bērzkalni, Būcmaņi, Grāveri, Reģi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alsunga.lv/content/view/67/104/ |title=Alsungas pagasts - Par Alsungu |publisher=Alsunga Municipality |language=lv |access-date=2010-09-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804202342/http://www.alsunga.lv/content/view/67/104/ |archive-date=2010-08-04}}</ref> As of 2020, the population was 1,268.<ref name="LVannual">{{Cite web | url=http://data.csb.gov.lv/pxweb/en/iedz/iedz__iedzskaits__ikgad/ISG020.px/ | title=ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county | publisher=Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia|date=2020-01-01|access-date=2021-02-12}}</ref>
On 1 July 2021, Alsunga Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Kuldīga Municipality as Alsunga Parish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums |url=https://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=315654 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=LIKUMI.LV |language=lv}}</ref>
== See also == * Administrative divisions of Latvia
== References == {{Reflist}}
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