Ābeļi Parish () is an administrative unit of

Jēkabpils Municipality Jēkabpils Municipality () is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Ābeļi Parish, Dignāja Parish, Dunava Parish, Kalna Parish, Leimaņi Parish, Rubene Parish and Zasa Parish. During the Adm ...

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. The administrative center of the parish is the village of .

History

In the territory of present-day Ābeļi Parish, there was historically an Abelhof Manor (''Gut Abelhof'', modern-day village of Ābeļi) and Janopole Manor ('' Gut Janopol '', Brodi ). In the 19th century the Sala Parish (''Salas pagasts'') was established on the left bank of the

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, near

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. In 1925 it was renamed Ābeļi Parish. In 1935 Parish occupied area of 199 km² and had population of 2532 people. In 1945, Ābeļi, Ezera and Salas were united into the parish

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, but the parish was liquidated in 1949. In 1954, in Dregen village

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'Soviet Homeland' was created. In 1990 the village was reorganized into a parish. In 2009, Ābeļi Parish was included as an administrative territory in Jekabpils county.

Settlements

The largest populated areas are Brodi (parish center), Ābeļi, Ķeikāni, Laši, Nagļi, Piļkas, Platačkalns, Rubuļkalns,

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, Silacaunes, Sīļukalns, Veselība. .

Notable people

Jānis Akuraters Jānis Akuraters (13 January 1876 – 25 July 1937) was a Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician. He founded the Latvian National Theatre in 1919 and was director of Radio of Riga between 1930 and 1934. Biography Akuraters was born ...

(1876-1937) — writer * (1892-1954) — Latvian officer

References

Parishes in Jēkabpils Municipality {{Latgale-geo-stub