Taurene Parish

Taurene Parish
parish of Latvia
Coat of arms
57°08′18″N 25°40′00″E / 57.1384°N 25.6667°E / 57.1384; 25.6667Coordinates: 57°08′18″N 25°40′00″E / 57.1384°N 25.6667°E / 57.1384; 25.6667
Country	Latvia
Subdivision	Vecpiebalga Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	102.21 km2 (39.46 sq mi)
• Land	99.38 km2 (38.37 sq mi)
• Water	2.83 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2021)[2]
• Total	711
• Density	7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)

Taurene Parish (Latvian: Taurenes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Vecpiebalga Municipality, Latvia and one of the 5 parishes in this municipality. Before the administrative reform of 2009, Taurene Parish was one of the 475 parishes in Latvia and one of the 21 parishes in the former Cēsis District. Taurene is located in a hilly region. Land use consists mostly of agriculture, forests and lakes. The regional road P30 runs through Taureme.

Towns, villages and settlements[]

Hamlets in Taurene Parish are:

• Andreni
• Banuzi
• Brezgis
• Jeruzi
• Lodes Muiza
• Mezrijas
• Nekins
• Runtes
• Taurene
• Zalkalns

Lakes and rivers[]

The Gauja river flows through Taurene. A number of lakes are located in Taurene parish:^{[citation needed]}

• Banuzu ezers
• Brenkuzu ezers
• Dabaru dikis
• Daboru ezers
• Ilzes Lodes ezers
• Kalenites ezers
• Rijas ezers
• Stupenu ezers
• Taurenes ezers
• Zelleskaina dikis

Tourism[]

The Nekina Manor is located in Nekins.^[3]

In Taurene the Dutch environmental organization ARK is involved in a natural grazing project. In 2008 ARK introduced a herd of Konik horses to a privately owned piece of land. In 2012 seven of the horses of this herd were moved to a new grazing project in Ranka.^[4]

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