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Tērvete Municipality

Coordinates: 56°28′46″N 23°23′23″E / 56.47944°N 23.38972°E / 56.47944; 23.38972
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Tērvete Municipality
Tērvetes novads
Municipality
Flag of Tērvete Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Tērvete Municipality
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2002
CentreZelmeņi
Government
 • Council ChairDace Reinika (Our Home Is Here/LZS)
Area
[1]
 • Total
223.79 km2 (86.41 sq mi)
 • Land219.46 km2 (84.73 sq mi)
 • Water4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
3,273
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Websitewww.tervetesnov.lv

Tērvete Municipality (Template:Lang-lv) is a former municipality in Semigallia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Augstkalne parish, Bukaiši parish and Tērvete parish, the administrative centre being Zelmeņi. The population in 2020 was 3,302.[3]

On 1 July 2021, Tērvete Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Dobele Municipality.[4]

Geography

The largest rivers are Auce, Ālave, Govaine, Krievaine, Reņģe, Skujaine, Svēpaine, Svētaine, Svete, Tērvete.

History

The county of Tērvete is located in the territory of the ancient Semigallian Territory, which was first mentioned in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry in the XXIII, section 4, in the context of the events of 1219, as the "province called Tervete" (Latin: provincia, que Thervetene vocatur ).

See also

References

  1. ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas

56°28′46″N 23°23′23″E / 56.47944°N 23.38972°E / 56.47944; 23.38972


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