Zaļenieki Parish

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Zaļenieki Parish
parish of Latvia
Zaļenieku pagasts LocMap.png
56°30′28″N 23°30′45″E / 56.5079°N 23.5124°E / 56.5079; 23.5124Coordinates: 56°30′28″N 23°30′45″E / 56.5079°N 23.5124°E / 56.5079; 23.5124 Edit this at Wikidata
CountryLatvia
Area
 • Total122.55 km2 (47.32 sq mi)
 • Land120.93 km2 (46.69 sq mi)
 • Water1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2021)[2]
 • Total1,356
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)

Zaļenieki Parish (Latvian: Zaļenieku pagasts) is an administrative unit in the western part of Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It borders the Parishes of Glūda, Svēte, Lielplatone, Vilce, Tērvete, and Augstkalne. Rivers Auce, Dorupīte, Eglone, Svēte, and Tērvete flow through Zaļenieki.

Zaļenieki manor house
Municipality Jelgavas Novads
Administreative Centre Zaļenieki
Area 122,83 km2
Population (2010) 690
Population Density 13.8 per km2

Towns, villages and settlements of Zaļenieki parish[]

Zaļenieki, Spurģi, Ūziņi, Apgunste.

Notable people[]

  • Poet Aspazija (1865 - 1943) was born in Daukšas, Zaļenieki Parish
  1. ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 26 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.
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