Talsu Novada

What Talsu Novada does

Talsu novada pašvaldība is a municipal government entity (pašvaldība) headquartered in Talsi, Latvia, operating under the regulatory framework of the Republic of Latvia. The entity was established on July 1, 2021, through Latvia's administrative-territorial reform, which consolidated the former Talsi municipality and surrounding municipalities (including Sabile, Stende, Valdemārpils, Dundaga, Rojas novads, Mērsrags, Ārlava, Ībuki, Kolka, and others) into a single administrative unit covering the Talsu novads territory in the Kurzeme region. It delivers a comprehensive portfolio of public services to all residents and businesses within its geographic boundaries, including governance, education (schools, sports school, libraries), social services (Social Service, family support, senior care via Pansionāts Lauciene nursing home), healthcare support, cultural services (culture houses, museums, Cinema Auseklis, community centers), sports facilities and programs, tourism promotion, construction regulation, and local economic development.

The organization operates through a central administration headquarters at Kareivju iela 7, Talsi, supplemented by a distributed network of seven city and parish administrations (Talsi, Dundaga, Lauciene, Roja, Ībuļi, Sabile/Stende, Valdemārpils) plus numerous specialized operating units including sports halls, stadiums, libraries, tourism information centers, and the Rojas Maritime Fishing Museum. Headcount is reported at 501–1,000 staff. The municipality employs a digital services portal (www.talsunovads.lv) with online appointment booking (Tiešsaistes pieraksts), integrated with the national Latvian government portal (latvija.gov.lv) via the e-address system for secure citizen communications. Annual budgets for 2021–2026 are published on the website.

Revenue is generated entirely through non-commercial public funding mechanisms: real estate tax (Nekustamā īpašuma nodoklis), national government allocations, municipal fees, and other local revenue sources. The entity does not sell commercial products or services; it is the sole legal provider of municipal governance and public services within its designated geographic jurisdiction, governed by the elected Talsu novada Dome (Council).

Name

Talsu Novada

Legal name

Talsu novada pašvaldība

Website

https://talsunovads.lv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Talsu Novada pašvaldība is a Latvian municipal government entity headquartered in Talsi that delivers public administrative, educational, social, cultural, sports, and tourism services to all residents and businesses within Talsu Municipality (Talsu novads) in Latvia's Kurzeme region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Talsi

HQ country

Latvia

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Nekustamā īpašuma nodoklis (Real Estate Tax): Property tax levied on real estate within the municipality as a primary source of municipal revenue
2. Pašvaldības budžets (Municipal Budget): Annual municipal budget funded by various government allocations, local taxes, and fees

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Talsu novada pašvaldība is the municipal government authority of Talsu novads in Latvia, providing administrative services to residents across multiple parishes. It delivers public services including education, social welfare, cultural programs, sports facilities, healthcare coordination, urban planning, tourism promotion, and local economic development through a network of customer service centers, parish administrations, and a unified digital portal.

Product overview

Talsu Novada pašvaldība operates a unified digital citizen services portal (www.talsunovads.lv) that aggregates all municipal services and information. The portal serves as the primary channel for administrative services (building permits, registries, social services, education), online appointment booking, participatory democracy tools (participation budget, resident advisory councils, public consultations), news dissemination, and event calendars. As a municipal government, it does not offer a commercial product platform but rather a portfolio of public sector digital services organized around the municipality's administrative functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Talsu novada pašvaldības tīmekļvietne (Municipal Digital Services Portal) Official municipal government website (www.talsunovads.lv) that aggregates municipal services and information for residents, including online appointment booking, building permits, registries, social services, education administration, participatory budget tools, resident advisory councils, public consultations, news dissemination, and event calendars.
• Unified Customer Service Centers (Vienotie klientu apkalpošanas centri)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Latvija.gov.lv (Latvian Government Portal)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with the official Latvian government portal for e-address (e-adrese) services, enabling secure digital communication with the municipality through the government's centralized mailbox system

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tukuma novada pašvaldība: Tukums novads is a similarly-sized Latvian novads with the same post-2021 reform structure, providing a directly comparable operating model of education, culture, sports, social services, and rural parishes with a coast-adjacent geography.
• Cēsu novada pašvaldība: Cēsis novads is another post-2021 consolidated Latvian municipality with a comparable population size, full portfolio of education/social/culture/sports functions, and an active digital citizen portal — the most structurally comparable peer to Talsu novada.
• Saldus novada pašvaldība: Saldus novads is a Latvian post-2021 municipality with a comparable population, parish structure, and public-service scope, including education, social, cultural, and tourism functions across rural parishes.
• Kuldīgas novada pašvaldība: Kuldīga novads is a neighboring Latvian municipality in the Kurzeme region of similar size and rural-urban mix, offering the same municipal service stack including education administration, social services, sports schools, and tourism promotion around its historic center.
• Limbažu novada pašvaldība: Limbažu novads is another mid-sized Latvian novads with a comparable administrative structure after the 2021 territorial reform, delivering the same basket of municipal public services to a mixed urban/rural population.

Broad incumbents

• Rīgas valstspilsētas pašvaldība: Riga is Latvia's capital municipality and the dominant broad incumbent across the same service categories (education, social, culture, sports, urban planning), serving as the national benchmark for municipal digital services and citizen engagement.
• Liepājas valstspilsētas pašvaldība: Liepāja is the largest city in the Kurzeme region and a much larger Latvian municipality operating similar functions (education, culture, sports, port administration, social services) but at a different scale, providing a broader-incumbent comparison for service-delivery models.

Regional players

• Tartu Vallavalitsus (Tartu municipality): Tartu is a neighboring Estonian municipality operating the same category of local-government services (education, culture, sports, social, planning), useful as a regional Baltic cross-border comparison for service scope and digital portal maturity.
• Ventspils valstspilsētas pašvaldība: Ventspils is a state-city municipality in the same Kurzeme region and port/coastal context as Talsu novada, offering the same category of municipal services to a smaller but denser population — a regional comparison for shared service models.
• Jūrmalas valstspilsētas pašvaldība: Jūrmala is a Latvian coastal state-city municipality whose economy leans on tourism, culture, and sports — overlapping strategically with Talsu novada's tourism, sports-school, and cultural-center portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/talsu_novads
• YouTubem.youtube.com/c/TalsuNovadsVideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/Talsunovads
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/talsu-novads
• Instagraminstagram.com/talsu_novads/?hl=en

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries30 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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