[3] The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging Blīdene parish, Remte parish and Brocēni town with its countryside territory, the administrative centre being Brocēni.

In 2010 Ciecere parish was created from the countryside territory of Brocēni town.

The district is located to the east of the city Saldus.

Limestone is mined at Lake Cieceres and at Brocēni.

The railway line from Riga to Liepāja runs through the district in a west-east direction.