Inhabitants - 34264 Talsi district Territory - 1 763 km2 Talsi municipality was divided in 3 Budget (2011) - 19 520 481 LVL (~ 27 mlj EUR) municipalities Dundaga Inhabitants municipality after territorial reform in 01.07.2009. Roja municipality (municipalities of Talsi, Dundaga and Roja) Talsi municipality Talsi Mersrags now consists of municipality municipality 4 cities and 14 rural territories.
At the end of 2010 municipality of Roja was devided into two municipalities – Roja and Mersrags
1 COUNCIL (17members)
Committee of Committee of Committee of Committee of Social aid Committee of Development and Education, Culture and and Health Care Finances Talsi municipality Foreign Affairs Economics Sports
City environment and rural Land comission (4) Comission of educational Apartment comission Purchase comission development comission issues Public policy comission Comission of social issues Voting comission Comission of culture and Road safety comission religion issues Administrative comission Licensing comission Environment protection Sports comission Civil defence comission comission Greening management Comission of pedagogical comission medical issues 4 4 towns Privatization’s of residential houses comission Comission of assessment of interest education programs Privatisation’s and property and of allocation of TALSI – administrative centre of Talsi expropriation’s commission earmarked subsidies
municipality as well as previous district Passenger traffic comission
Road management SABILE, STENDE, VALDEMĀRPILS comission 1 4 14 rural territories –– Chairman Vice chairman ArlavaArlava,, GibuliGibuli,, LibagiLibagi,, Laidze, auditor Strazde, Virbi, Valdgale, Īve, executive director Abava, Ķūļciems, Lauciene, Vice executive director Vice executive director Vice executive director Balgale, Lube, Vandzene 89 education, 7 companies Central culture, sport and 4 municipal partly or in total administration of 15 administrations agencies owned by of rural territories social municipal municipality Talsi municipality institutions
HEALTH Economics and SOCIAL CARE • Unemployment level – 13,6% • Logging and woodworking • Talsi Health Center • Traditional and non-traditional agriculture • Talsi oral health prevention center • Grain, meat, milk, fruit and vegetable processing • 13 seats in private dental • 22 family doctor's practices • Mineral (sand, gravel, peat) extraction • pension “Lauciene"; • Tourism • Specialized State child welfare center “Veģi" • Service • 2 special schools • Social care homes and day-care centers • Women and Children Crisis Center • Night Shelter • social care center “Stūrīši" etc
2 EDUCATION SPORT
16 kindergartens 7 secondary schools • More than 20 sport centers – 10 primary and elementary schools stadiums 2 special schools • The biggest are the "Talsi Sport Children`s Home Hall", "Talsi hockey club” ice hall, Sport School sport halls in Lauciene and new Centre for children and youth ones in Talsi Gymnasium, Sabile, Adult Education Center Gibuli... Laidze Vocational School, • Most popular sport games – Higher education opportunities: basketball, volleyball, Branch of Business Administration School Turība floor ball and hockey. Branch of Agriculture University Creative Schools - 4 music and art schools • Rally "Talsi"
CULTURE Implemented projects 18 culture and leisure time centers 26 libraries • ERDF realized - 5'834674,00 LVL (infrastructure) 6 open-air stages • ERDF in realization – 12'815603,00 LVL (infrastructure) 2 museums + 14 museums and collections Culture traditions in Talsi municipality • EAFRD realized – 1'283205,00 LVL • Talsi town festival – takes place regularly since year 2001. • EAFRD in realization – 676922,00 LVL • Art Days of Talsi region • National dance festival "SADANCIS" • Music festival of K. Amenda established in year 2005. • ESF – 45500,00 LVL • Wine festival in Sabile renewed tradition in 2002, • Other – 897035,00 LVL (environment, infrastructure) • Dižmāra Fair in Talsi - renewed tradition in 2002, • Boys choir meeting “The green ball” - for the first time took place on 2004. • Ministry of Education realized - 9944,00 LVL (youth centres) The objective of the meeting is – development of modern boys choirs traditions • Ministry of Education planet – 15568,00 LVL (youth centres) and success maintenance of singing.
3 International Project “Lakes for cooperation Future”, nr.LLIV-326
Söderköping municipality Schelcovo municipality The most important project activities (Sweden) (Russia) Glostrup municipality Võhma city municipality • Technical documentation for (Denmark) (Estonia) reconstruction of sluices in Lake Sasmaka, Prienai region municipality Kuressaare municipality (Lithuania) (Estonia) • Elaboration of Nature Manegement Plan for “Talsu pauguraine” Raalte municipality Saare municipality (Netherlands) (Estonia) Alanya municipality (Turkey)
Project “Lakes for Future”, nr.LLIV-326 Project activities • Signed the Partnership Agreement • Currently being drawn up regulations for promulgation procurement to Technical documentation for reconstruction of sluices in Lake Sasmaka and Elaboration of Nature Manegement Plan for “Talsu pauguraine”.
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