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The Talsi District is an administrative division
Districts of Latvia

|||}Latvia is divided into 26 districts and 7 cities , indicated with asterisks:#Aizkraukle District#Aluksne District#Balvi District#Bauska District...
 of Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
, located in the Courland
Courland

Courland is one of the cultural and historical regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland....
 region, in the country's west. It is one of the 26 rural districts of Latvia and it consists of 20 local communities.

These include three towns:

Talsi District is located in the northern part of the Courland
Courland

Courland is one of the cultural and historical regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland....
. It borders on the districts of Ventspils
Ventspils District

The Ventspils District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in the Courland region, in the country's west.The district consists of 11 parishes - Ance, Latvia, Jurkalne, Pope, Latvia, Puze, Targale, Ugale, Usma, Uzava, Varve, Latvia, Ziras, Zlekas parish and Piltene town's rural territory....
, Kuldiga
Kuldiga District

The Kuldiga District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in the Courland region, in the country's west. It is organized into a city and thirteen parishes, each with a local government authority....
 and Tukums
Tukums District

The Tukums District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in the Courland region, in the country's west....
. It is surrounded by the 96 km long shoreline of the Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Riga

The Gulf of Riga, or Bay of Riga, is a Headlands and bays of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia.The area of the Gulf of Riga is about 18,000 km?....
 and the Irbe Strait
Irbe Strait

Irbe Strait, also known as Irben Strait , forms the main exit out of the Gulf of Riga to the Baltic Sea, between the S?rve Peninsula forming the southern end of the island Saaremaa in Estonia and Courland in Latvia....
.

The district measures , or 4.1% of the whole territory of Latvia.






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The Talsi District is an administrative division
Districts of Latvia

|||}Latvia is divided into 26 districts and 7 cities , indicated with asterisks:#Aizkraukle District#Aluksne District#Balvi District#Bauska District...
 of Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
, located in the Courland
Courland

Courland is one of the cultural and historical regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland....
 region, in the country's west. It is one of the 26 rural districts of Latvia and it consists of 20 local communities.

These include three towns:
  • Talsi
    Talsi

    Talsi is a town in Latvia. It is the center of Talsu county....
     (12,391 inhabitants) - the center of the district
  • Valdemarpils
    Valdemarpils

    Valdemarpils is a town in northwestern Latvia, near Talsi. The town is named after Kri?janis Valdemars, born in nearby Arlava parish, who started modern Latvian seafaring. He is celebrated in the town with a memorial stone....
     town with its rural territory
  • Stende
    Stende

    Stende is a town in Latvia.See also*List of cities in Latvia...
     town
  • one region - Sabile
    Sabile

    Sabile is a town in Talsi district, Latvia.Sabile was first mentioned in chronicles in 1253. From the 14th century to the 16th century, it was a site of a castle of the Livonian Order and a village near the castle....
     Region, including Sabile Town;
  • 16 rural municipalities (pagasts): Kolka
    Kolka

    Kolka is a parish on the tip of Cape Kolka in Courland in Latvia, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga in ancient Livonia. It is home to the last remnants of Latvia's Livonian people ethnic group, whose Livonian language is highly endangered....
    , Mazirbe
    Mazirbe

    Mazirbe is a populated place in Talsi District, Latvia 18km Southwest of Kolka, Latvia. One of twelve Livonian villages on Liv?d randa - the Livonian Coast....
    , Roja, Mersrags
    Mersrags

    The rural municipality of Mersrags is located on the west coast of the Gulf of Riga , beside Lake Engure and surrounded by extensive woodlands. It?s situated in northwest Latvia in wooded lowland close the sea....
    , Dundaga
    Dundaga

    Dundaga is a large rural community in Talsu county, Latvia.Dundaga is famous for its castle, the construction of which was started in 1249 by the crusaders of Livonian Order from Riga....
    , Balgale, Gibuli, Ive
    Ive

    Ive or IVE may refer to:* the morpheme ive, as in 'adjective', 'alive', 'five'* a rural municipality in Talsi District, Latvia* Instrumental variable, a statistical analysis method...
    , Kulciems, Laidze, Lauciene, Libagi, Lube
    Lube

    Lube may refer to:*Lubricant, a substance introduced between two moving surfaces to reduce the friction and wear between them**Personal lubricant, referring to lubricant used in sexual acts...
    , Strazde, Valdgale
    Valdgale

    The Valdgale parish is situated in the Talsi District of Latvia. It is located approximately 13 km from the city of Talsi, 4 km from Valdemarpils and 20 km from Dundaga....
    , Vandzene
    Vandzene

    Vandzene is a pagast in Talsu county, in the region of Kurzeme, or West Latvia. The community's elevation is 49 m .The Vandzene Estate was built at the start of the 19th century....
     and Virbi.


Talsi District is located in the northern part of the Courland
Courland

Courland is one of the cultural and historical regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland....
. It borders on the districts of Ventspils
Ventspils District

The Ventspils District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in the Courland region, in the country's west.The district consists of 11 parishes - Ance, Latvia, Jurkalne, Pope, Latvia, Puze, Targale, Ugale, Usma, Uzava, Varve, Latvia, Ziras, Zlekas parish and Piltene town's rural territory....
, Kuldiga
Kuldiga District

The Kuldiga District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in the Courland region, in the country's west. It is organized into a city and thirteen parishes, each with a local government authority....
 and Tukums
Tukums District

The Tukums District is an Districts of Latvia of Latvia, located in the Courland region, in the country's west....
. It is surrounded by the 96 km long shoreline of the Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Riga

The Gulf of Riga, or Bay of Riga, is a Headlands and bays of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia.The area of the Gulf of Riga is about 18,000 km?....
 and the Irbe Strait
Irbe Strait

Irbe Strait, also known as Irben Strait , forms the main exit out of the Gulf of Riga to the Baltic Sea, between the S?rve Peninsula forming the southern end of the island Saaremaa in Estonia and Courland in Latvia....
.

The district measures , or 4.1% of the whole territory of Latvia. Woodland covers 55% of Talsi district territory, 29% is agricultural land, 3.5% is water, and 3.4% (9,400 ha; 23,200 ac) is swamps, of which peat
Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation biological tissue. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands, variously called bogs, Moorland, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests....
 production covers 1,700 ha (4,200 ac).

The highest point in Talsi is Kamparkalns (174 m or 571 ft above sea level) at Talsi Hillock.

The total population is 49,842 people, or 2,1% of whole population of Latvia. Nationalities include Latvians
Latvians

Latvians , the indigenous Balts people of Latvia, occasionally refer to themselves by the ancient name of Latvji, which may have originated from the word Latve which is a name of the river that presumably flowed through what is now eastern Latvia....
 - 92%, Russians
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
 - 4%, other (Gypsies
Roma people

The Romani are an ethnic group of Europe tracing their Origins of the Romani people to middle kingdoms of India.The Romani are Romani diaspora with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in other par...
, Belarusians
Belarusians

Belarusians or Belorussians are an East Slavs ethnic group who populate the majority of the Belarus and form minorities in neighboring Poland , Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine....
 and Ukrainians
Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....
) - 4%. The population density is 18 people per square km, compared to the national density of 38 people per square km. 63.5% of the population is urban, and 36.5% is rural.