Tukums and Tukums district
Tukums District is located in the western part of Latvia on the western coast of the Gulf of Riga. The total area of the district is 2447 km2. The district is 65 km from Riga .
The highest point in the district is Milzukalns (199m above sea level). Tukums District has 63 lakes whose areas exceed 1 hectare and the total area of all lakes combined is 35.5 km2. The largest lakes in the district are Engures Lake and Kaņiera Lake. Engures Lake is a world significant nature preserve which is partially situated in the district.
Facts about Tukums and Tukums district
Tukums District is located in western Latvia on the shore of the Gulf of Riga and covers 2457.12 km2. The administrative centre of the district is the town of Tukums.
Tukums District is located 65 km from the capital city, 56 km from Talsi, and 54 km from Jelgava.
The territory of the district is composed of 41% forest, 40.9% agriculturally usable land, and 4.7% swamp and bog. The most significant resources are gravel, sand, peat, clay, medicinal mosses and mineral water sources.
The population of Tukums and Tukums District as of January1, 2005 was 55 275 – of which 19 786 resided in the city of Tukums.
History of Tukums
Tukums vicinity counties have been in place since the 13th century. This has been Liv and Kursi land since that time. From 1254, the Tukums and area territory was part of the Livonian Order territory and later a holding of the Duke of Kurzeme (Courland in other sources). In 1710, Tukums was ravaged by a plague which took the lives of 2/3 of the residents and it was only at the end of the 18th century when the population again reached 1000. In accordance with pre-war administrative divisions, part of the district was located in Kurzeme (Kandava, Cēre, Zentene Pagasts), and the other part in Zemgale. Tukums District was first created on November 27, 1795 at the bequest of Russian Tsarina Catherine II. At the end of 1949, the borders and administrative bodies as they had been known were dissolved and replaced by kolkhoz territories. Over time, the borders of the district have changed quite a few times.
Tukums Coat of Arms
The coat of arms features a small hill with three green fir trees on a silver background.
Tukums’ Coat of Arms was first approved in 1837 and then again in 1925. It was approved for a third time in 1995 and for a fourth time in 2006.
Tukums town Council
Address: Pils ielā 18 , Tukums, LV-3100
Phone: +371 63107241
Website: www.tukums.lv
Tukums District Council
Address: Talsu iela 4, Tukums, LV-3100
Phone: +371 63122231
Fax +371 63122799
Website: www.rajons.tukums.lv
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