Jaunjelgava Parish

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Jaunjelgava Parish
parish of Latvia
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56°35′39″N25°04′17″E / 56.5943°N 25.0713°E / 56.5943; 25.0713 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Country Latvia
Area
[1]
 • Total
5.24 km2 (2.02 sq mi)
 • Land5.07 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
 • Water0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2025) [2]
 • Total
71
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)

Jaunjelgava Parish (Latvian : Jaunjelgavas pagasts) is an administrative unit of Aizkraukle Municipality, [3] 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. [4]

At the beginning of 2015, the population of the parish was 98. [5] Latvian law defines Jaunjelgava Parish as a part of the region of Selonia. [6]

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. ↑ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Latviešu vēsturisko zemju likums
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