Vecumnieki Municipality

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]

Vecumnieki Municipality
Vecumnieku novads
Municipality
Kiru windmill
Flag
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°36′23″N 24°31′20″E
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreVecumnieki
Government
 • Council ChairGuntis Kalniņš (LRA)
Area
[1]
 • Total844.83 km2 (326.19 sq mi)
 • Land827.53 km2 (319.51 sq mi)
 • Water17.3 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total7,795
 • Density9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
Websitewww.vecumnieki.lv

On 1 July 2021, Vecumnieki Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged with Bauska Municipality.[4]

Population
ParishPopulation (year)
Bārbele parish788 (2018)[5]
Kurmene parish593 (2018)
Skaistkalne parish1087 (2018)
Stelpe parish802 (2018)
Valle parish942 (2018)
Vecumnieki parish4290 (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 (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 (1885–1966), actor, director and performing arts teacher
  • Arnolds Spekke (1887-1972), philologist, historian, diplomat.
  • Indulis Folkmanis (born 1939), sculptor
  • Ingmārs Līdaka (born 1966), zoologist and politician.

See also

References
  1. https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 25 February 2021.
  2. https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 15 June 2021.
  3. "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.
  4. Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Vecumnieki county".
  7. "Bauskas novada pašvaldība".


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