Liepa Parish ( lv, Liepas pagasts) is an administrative territorial entity of

Cēsis Municipality Cēsis Municipality ( lv, Cēsu novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Vaive parish and Cēsis town, which became the administrative centre. As of 2020, the population was 16,291. On 1 Ju ...

in the

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region of Latvia. Prior to 2009, it was an administrative unit of the former

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History

Liepa Parish was established on the territory of the former Liepa Manor (''Lindenhof''). In 1925, a section of the former Skangaļi Manor of was added to Liepa Parish. In 1935, Cēsis County had an area of 68.9 km² and a population of 1262 inhabitants. During the Soviet occupation, in 1945 Dunduri village and Liepas village councils were established, but were dissolved in 1949. That same year, the

was established from a part of the former county. In 1954, the Dunduri village was added to Liepa village. In 1990 the village was reorganized into a parish. From 2009 until 2021, Liepa Parish was part of the former Priekuļi Municipality. Since 1 July 2021, the Parish is a part of Cēsis Municipality.

Towns, villages and settlements of Liepa parish

* Dukuļi * Liepa * Liepasmuiža * Obuļi * Sarkaņi * Saulītes * Skangaļi * Stuķi

References

Parishes of Latvia Cēsis Municipality Vidzeme {{vidzeme-geo-stub

History

Towns, villages and settlements of Liepa parish

See also

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