Kandava Municipality

Kandava Municipality (Kandavas novads) is a former municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 1999 by merging Cēre Parish and Kandava town with its countryside territory. Later it absorbed Matkule Parish, Vāne Parish, Zante Parish and Zemīte Parish the administrative centre being Kandava.

On 1 July 2021, Kandava Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Tukums Municipality.

Twin towns – sister cities
Kandava was a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.

Charter of European Rural Communities
 * Bienvenida, Spain
 * 🇧🇪 Bièvre, Belgium
 * 🇮🇹 Bucine, Italy
 * 🇮🇪 Cashel, Ireland
 * 🇫🇷 Cissé, France
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Desborough, England, United Kingdom
 * Esch, Netherlands
 * 🇩🇪 Hepstedt, Germany
 * Ibănești, Romania
 * 🇫🇮 Kannus, Finland
 * 🇬🇷 Kolindros, Greece
 * 🇦🇹 Lassee, Austria
 * 🇸🇰 Medzev, Slovakia
 * Moravče, Slovenia
 * Næstved, Denmark
 * 🇭🇺 Nagycenk, Hungary
 * 🇲🇹 Nadur, Malta
 * 🇸🇪 Ockelbo, Sweden
 * 🇨🇾 Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
 * 🇪🇪 Põlva, Estonia
 * Samuel, Portugal
 * 🇧🇬 Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
 * 🇨🇿 Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
 * 🇵🇱 Strzyżów, Poland
 * Tisno, Croatia
 * 🇱🇺 Troisvierges, Luxembourg
 * 🇱🇹 Žagarė, Lithuania


 * Other twin towns


 * 🇲🇩 Ghelăuza, Moldova
 * Lejre, Denmark
 * 🇪🇪 Saku, Estonia
 * 🇱🇹 Šilalė, Lithuania
 * 🇸🇪 Strängnäs, Sweden