Ventspils Municipality (; Livonian: VÃÂnta mà Âgõn) is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Piltene town, Ance Parish, Jà «rkalne Parish, Piltene rural community (from 2010 Piltene Parish), Pope Parish, Puze Parish, TÃÂrgale Parish, UgÃÂle Parish, Usma Parish, Uà ¾ava Parish, VÃÂrve Parish, Ziras Parish and ZlÃÂkas Parish. It is administered from Ventspils city, which is not included within its limits. The population in 2023 was 10,512.