Vecumnieki Municipality

Vecumnieki Municipality () is a former municipality in Semigallia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bārbele parish, Kurmene parish, Skaistkalne parish, Stelpe parish, Valle parish and Vecumnieki parish; the administrative centre being Vecumnieki. The population in 2020 was 7,665.

On 1 July 2021, Vecumnieki Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged with Bauska Municipality.

Population

Culture

Since 2006 every year in July Vecumnieki county hosts a nation-wide Lily festival with exhibition of lilies, competition among florists and other cultural events and activities.

Notable countrymen

• (1875–1953), musician and diplomat. First violinist of the Court Orchestra of the Russian Empire (1902–1917), Ambassador of Latvia to Belgium and Luxembourg (from 1929)
• (1885–1966), actor, director and performing arts teacher
• Arnolds Spekke (1887–1972), philologist, historian, diplomat
• (born 1939), sculptor
• Ingmārs LÄ«daka (born 1966), zoologist and politician

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

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