Jelgava municipality
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Jelgava municipality is a municipality
in Zemgale, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Eleja parish
, Glūda parish
, Jaunsvirlauka parish
, Lielplatone parish
, Līvbērze parish
, Platone parish
, Sesava parish
, Svēte parish, Valgunde parish, Vilce parish
, Vircava parish
, Zaļenieki parish
and Kalnciems
town with its countryside territory the administrative centre located in Jelgava
city, which is not included in the territory of municipality.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Zemgale, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Eleja parish
Eleja parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Eleja parish :*...
, Glūda parish
Glūda parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Glūda parish :*...
, Jaunsvirlauka parish
Jaunsvirlauka parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Jaunsvirlauka parish :*...
, Lielplatone parish
Lielplatone parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Lielplatone parish :*...
, Līvbērze parish
Līvbērze parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Līvbērze parish :*...
, Platone parish
Platone parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Platone parish :*...
, Sesava parish
Sesava parish
- Notable people :* Pēteris Juraševskis...
, Svēte parish, Valgunde parish, Vilce parish
Vilce parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Vilce parish :*...
, Vircava parish
Vircava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Vircava parish :*...
, Zaļenieki parish
Zaļenieki parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Zaļenieki parish :*...
and Kalnciems
Kalnciems
Kalnciems is a village in the Jelgava municipality of Latvia. It had town rights from 1991 to 2010. The nearby Kalnciems Meadows is a natural habitat for fauna such as the Corn crake, Spotted crake, and Black-tailed Godwit.-Famous people born in Kalnciems :...
town with its countryside territory the administrative centre located in Jelgava
Jelgava
-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...
city, which is not included in the territory of municipality.