Jaunjelgava Parish

Jaunjelgava Parish
parish of Latvia
Location of Jaunjelgava Parish
Coordinates: 56°35′39″N 25°04′17″E / 56.5943°N 25.0713°E / 56.5943; 25.0713
CountryLatvia
Population
 (1 January 2026)
 • Total
70

Jaunjelgava Parish (Latvian: Jaunjelgavas pagasts) is an administrative unit of Aizkraukle Municipality,[1] Latvia. Its extra-territorial centre is the adjacent town of Jaunjelgava.

Until 2021, it was part of the former Jaunjelgava Municipality. Jaunjelgava Parish was created in 2010 from the countryside territory of Jaunjelgava town.[2]

At the beginning of 2015, the population of the parish was 98.[3] Latvian law defines Jaunjelgava Parish as a part of the region of Selonia.[4]

The town of Jaunjelgava and Jaunjelgava Parish share the same administration.

Villages and settlements of Jaunjelgava Parish

There are no villages or settlements in the parish, as all homes are individual homesteads on the southern outskirts of Jaunjelgava.

References

  1. ↑ Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
  2. ↑ "Grozījumi Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likumā" [Amendments to the Administrative territories and settlements law]. Latvijas Vēstnesis (in Latvian). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Latvijas iedzivotaju skaits pašvaldibas" [Latvian population by municipality] (PDF). Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde [Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs] (in Latvian). 28 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Latviešu vēsturisko zemju likums