Vecumnieki Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Vecumnieki Municipality Vecumnieku novads
Municipality
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 ^[1]
• 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.lv

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)
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.

References

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^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Vecumnieki county".
^ "Bauskas novada pašvaldība".