Municipality of Latvia
Municipality in Latvia
Tērvete Municipality
Tērvetes novads
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Country Latvia Formed 2002 Centre Zelmeņi • Council Chair Dace Reinika (Our Home Is Here/LZS ) • Total 223.79 km2 (86.41 sq mi) • Land 219.46 km2 (84.73 sq mi) • Water 4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi) • Total 3,273 • Density 15/km2 (38/sq mi) Website www .tervetesnov .lv
Tērvete Municipality (Latvian : Tērvetes novads ) 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 ).
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