Tukums Town The town of Tukums has its own flag and a coat of arms. The village of Tukums was first recorded in writings in 1445. On 27 November 1795, the tsarina of Russia Catherine II signed an order on establishing a Tukums district with the centre in Tukums. In 1995, the first town festival of Tukums took place. Tukums is a town with an air of antiquity combined with the loud rhythm of a modern life. The winding old town streets with its old buildings you ponder upon the town’s history, while elsewhere in the town, new apartment buildings, sports and recreation centres are built, parks, streets and recreation areas set up. Local Government of Tukums Municipality Locations of territorial units within the Tukums municipality apzīmējumi legend pagastu teritorijas municipalities blīvi apdzīvotas vietas (pagastu centri/pilsēta) densely populated areas (municipal centres/town) citas apdzīvotas vietas residential settlements The local government of the Tukums municipality is a single administrative territorial unit consisting of the town of Tukums and the rural municipalities of Degole, Džūkste, Irlava, Jaunsāti, Lestene, Pūre, Sēme, Slampe, Tume, and the rural municipality of Zentene. The administrative centre of the Tukums municipality is the town of Tukums. Coat of Arms of Tukums Flag of Tukums Municipality Population By the number of residents, the municipality of Tukums is the third largest municipality in the country. According to the data of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs of 1 January 2016, 31,290 residents were registered in the municipality of Tukums. Over the last few years, depopulation has been observed in the municipality. The data of 1 January 2016, if compared to 1 January 2015, show a decrease of residents in the municipality of Tukums by 376 people. Population dynamics in the municipality of Tukums Source: Data of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, beginning of the year
Zemīte Ēriks Lukmans Gunta Kalviņa Indulis Zariņš Rosickis Sarmīte Krecere Ludmila Reimate Modris Liepiņš Normunds Rečs Vladimirs Skuja “Vienotība” Dace Lebeda Juris Bogužs Party “Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība” Dagnija Arvīds Driķis Party “Reformu partija” Agris Zvaigzneskalns Committee Meetings The Council has 5 permanent council committees: Financial Committee – 10 members – Ēriks Lukmans (Chairman of the Committee), Aivars Volfs, Indulis Zariņš, Agris Baumanis, Modris Liepiņš, Gunta Kalviņa, Dace Lebeda, Dagnija Staķe, Agris Zvaigzneskalns, Sarmīte Krecere. Committee of Social and Health Care Matters – 6 members – Agris Baumanis (Chairman of the Committee), Dagnija Staķe, Juris Bogužs, Ludmila Reimate, Gunta Kalviņa, Linda Zemīte. Committee of Education, Culture, and Sport – 7 members – Ludmila Reimate (Chairwoman of the Committee), Ēriks Lukmans, Vladimirs Skuja, Dace Lebeda, Normunds Rečs, Modris Liepiņš, Dagnija Staķe. Committee of Promoting Economy and Entrepreneurship Environment – 6 members – Aivars Volfs (Chairman of the Committee), Sarmīte Krecere, Arvīds Driķis, Agris Zvaigzneskalns, Jānis Rosickis, Juris Bogužs. Territorial Development Committee – 6 members – Indulis Zariņš (Chairman of the Committee), Arvīds Driķis, Linda Zemīte, Normunds Rečs, Jānis Rosickis, Vladimirs Skuja. Permanent committees Number of committee meetings Number of issues covered Committee of promoting economy and entrepreneurship environment 9 meetings 31 Committee of education, culture, and sport 10 meetings 48 Committee of social and health care matters 10 meetings 54 Territorial development committee 12 meetings 62 Financial committee 12 meetings 267 Number of permanent committee meetings in 2015 and the number of issues covered