Vecumnieki municipality
Encyclopedia
Vecumnieki municipality is a municipality
in Zemgale, 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
.
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 Bārbele parish
Bārbele parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Bārbele parish :*...
, Kurmene parish
Kurmene Parish
Kurmene parish is an administrative unit of the Vecumnieki municipality, Latvia.- Towns, villages and settlements of Kurmene parish :*Kaijas*Kurmene*Vērdiņi...
, Skaistkalne parish
Skaistkalne parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Skaistkalne parish :*...
, Stelpe parish
Stelpe parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Stelpe parish :*...
, Valle parish
Valle Parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Valle parish :*Krīči*Liepkalni*Mazvalle*Mežmuiža*Penderi*Pētermuiža*Reizeni*Salas*Taurkalne*Tenteni*Valle...
and Vecumnieki parish
Vecumnieki parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Vecumnieki parish :* Vecumnieki...
; the administrative centre being Vecumnieki
Vecumnieki
Vecumnieki is a village in Vecumnieki municipality, Latvia, with a population of 2487 . It is just north of the Jelgava-Krustpils railroad.There are few shops, kindergarten and a secondary school....
.