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Alsunga
Alsunga (also Alšvanga, ) is a village and the center of Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Alsunga is the center of the Suiti, a small Catholic community in the Lutheran western part of Latvia. There are approximately 1345 inhabitants in Alsunga.
Dundaga
Dundaga () is a village in Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. From 2009 until 2021, the village served as the administrative centre of the former Dundaga Municipality.
Rucava
Rucava (, ) is a village in the Rucava Parish of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Rucava had 495 residents as of 2021.
Vaiņode
Engure
Engure is a village in Engure Parish, in the northern part of Tukums municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, at the sea shore of the Gulf of Riga. Engure is also the centre of Engure parish. It extends 43.5KM from Klapkalnciems to Mērsrags. As of 2021 the population of Engure was 1,343. The male population was 637 while the female was 706.
Nīca
Nīca () is a village in the Nīca Parish of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Nīca had 981 residents as of 2006.
Smārde
Smārde () is a village in the Smārde Parish of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.
Mērsrags
thumb|Wooden Lutheran church in Mērsrags Mērsrags () is a small harbor town in Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, located on the west coast of the Gulf of Riga beside Lake Engure and surrounded by extensive woodlands. The total area of the former Mērsrags municipality was 109 km2 (10896.2 ha), 63.7% of this area was woodland and Lake Engure covered 20.4%, the coastline was about 12 km long. The town center is some 42 km from Talsi, the main city of the area and some 95 km from the capital, Riga.
Roja
village in Latvia
Lieģi
Lieģi (also Jaunlieģi) is a village in the Tadaiķi Parish of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.
Jūrkalne
Jūrkalne is a village in Latvia. It is the centre of a parish of the same name within Ventspils Municipality on the Baltic coast. Its former German name was Feliksberg (Felixberg), but its former Latvian name was Medeņciems (Meddenzeem).
Renda
village in Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia
Kazdanga
Kazdanga (German: Katzdangen) is a larger village, the administrative center of the Kazdanga Parish of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. its population is 527.
Klapkalnciems
thumb|right Klapkalnciems () is a part of the Engure Parish, Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia on the seashore of the Baltic Sea on the Bay of Riga.
Tārgale
Tārgale is a village at the centre of the Tārgale Parish of Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It is situated by the P122 road 13 km from the county council in Ventspils and 185 km from Riga.
Šķēde
right|thumb|200px|Members of the Latvian SD Police assemble a group of Jewish women for execution on a beach near Liepāja, 15 December 1941. thumb|200px|Memorial cemetery Šķēde is a suburban settlement near Liepāja, Latvia, in Medze Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality. It is located on the north border of the city. Šķēde was the biggest dacha cooperative in Latvia in the time of the Latvian SSR. One of Šķēde's notable features is its street names, which are known as "lines" and numbered from 1 to 18. Typical Šķēde addresses may thus appear as: Šķēde 1-15-2. Until 2005, the main Liepāja landfill
Milzkalne
Milzkalne is a village in the Smārde Parish of Tukums Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The village was added to the Smārde district in 1965 as a Soviet collective farm during the Soviet Latvia () period. The Šlokenbeka Castle, a medieval fortified manor built in the 15th century, is located in Milzkalne. Inside the Šlokenbeka Castles rooms there is a small Restaurant, hotel and The Latvian Road Museum.
Užava
village in Ventspils, Latvia
Cimdenieki
Cimdenieki is a small suburban settlement in Grobiņa Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The river Ālande flows through Cimdenieki.
Pērkone
Pērkone (, Pērkons inn) is a small suburban settlement in Nīca Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. It is situated near the southern border of Liepāja. Near Pērkone is located Reiņu forest (), one of the closest to Liepāja forests.
Saka
village in Pāvilosta Municipality, Latvia
Ance
village in Ance Parish, Latvia
Embūte
thumb|Embūte Castle ruins Embūte () is a village in Embūte Parish, South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. There are ruins of a bishop's castle built in 1265. The hilly area around the village is now part of a nature reserve.
Reģi
Reģi is a village in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.
Bērzkalni
village in Alsunga Municipality, Latvia
Almāle
thumb|Almāle manor Almāle is a village in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.
Grāveri
village in Alsunga Municipality, Latvia