Iecava Municipality

Iecava Municipality
Iecavas novads
Flag of Iecava Municipality
Coat of arms of Iecava Municipality
Country Latvia
Formed2003
Dissolved2021
CentreIecava
Government
 • Council ChairAivars Mačeks (NA)
Area
 • Total312.09 km2 (120.50 sq mi)
 • Land306 km2 (118 sq mi)
 • Water6.09 km2 (2.35 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total8,411
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Websitewww.iecava.lv

Iecava Municipality (Latvian: Iecavas novads) is a former municipality in the historical region of Semigallia, and the Zemgale Planning Region in Latvia. The municipality was formed 2003 by a reorganization of Iecava Parish, the administrative centre being Iecava. The municipality consisted of the following settlements: Audrupi, Dimzukalns, Dzelzāmurs, Dzimtmisa, Iecava, Rosme, Vanči, Zālīte, Ziemeļi, Zorģi.[3] The population in 2020 was 8,353.[4]

On 1 July 2021, Iecava Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged with Bauska Municipality as Iecava Parish.[5]

  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. ^ "IECAVAS NOVADA PAŠVALDĪBAS NOLIKUMS" [Iecava Municipality Regulatory Act] (PDF) (in Latvian). Iecava Municipality. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  4. ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  5. ^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas