Vecumnieki Municipality
Vecumnieki Municipality Vecumnieku novads | |
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Ķiru windmill | |
Flag Coat of arms | |
Coordinates: 56°36′23″N 24°31′20″E / 56.60639°N 24.52222°E / 56.60639; 24.52222 | |
Country | Latvia |
Formed | 2009 |
Centre | Vecumnieki |
Government | |
• Council Chair | Guntis Kalniņš (LRA) |
Area | |
• Total | 844.83 km2 (326.19 sq mi) |
• Land | 827.53 km2 (319.51 sq mi) |
• Water | 17.3 km2 (6.7 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 7,795 |
• Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Vecumnieki Municipality (Latvian: Vecumnieku novads) is a former municipality in Semigallia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bārbele parish, Kurmene parish, Skaistkalne parish, Stelpe parish, Valle parish and Vecumnieki parish; the administrative centre being Vecumnieki. The population in 2020 was 7,665.[3]
On 1 July 2021, Vecumnieki Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged with Bauska Municipality.[4]
Population
Parish | Population (year) |
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Bārbele parish | 788 (2018)[5] |
Kurmene parish | 593 (2018) |
Skaistkalne parish | 1087 (2018) |
Stelpe parish | 802 (2018) |
Valle parish | 942 (2018) |
Vecumnieki parish | 4290 (2018) |
Culture
Since 2006 every year in July Vecumnieki county hosts a nation-wide Lily festival with exhibition of lilies, competition among florists and other cultural events and activities.[6][7]
Notable countrymen
- Jānis Lazdiņš [lv] (1875—1953), musician and diplomat. First violinist of the Court Orchestra of the Russian Empire (1902-1917), Ambassador of Latvia to Belgium and Luxembourg (from 1929)
- Alfreds Amtmanis-Briedītis [lv] (1885–1966), actor, director and performing arts teacher
- Arnolds Spekke (1887-1972), philologist, historian, diplomat.
- Indulis Folkmanis [lv] (born 1939), sculptor
- Ingmārs Līdaka (born 1966), zoologist and politician.
See also
- Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
References
- ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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(help) - ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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(help) - ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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- ^ "Bauskas novada pašvaldība".
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