Jaunciems () is a small village in the

Tārgale Parish Tārgale Parish () is an administrative unit of the Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.The parish has a population of 1956 (as of 1/07/2010) and covers an area of 364.19 km2. Villages of Tārgale Parish Notable nat ...

Ventspils Municipality Ventspils Municipality (; Livonian language, Livonian: ''Vǟnta mōgõn)'' is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merger (politics), merging Piltene town, Ance Parish, Jūrkalne Parish, Piltene rural communit ...

in the

Courland Courland is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. Courland's largest city is Liepāja, which is the third largest city in Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland as they were ...

region of

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on ''Līvõd rānda'' - the

Livonian Coast Livonian Coast (; ), also known as Livonia, is a culturally protected territory of Latvia that was historically inhabited by Livonian people. It is located in Northern Courland and encompasses twelve Livonian villages. The protected area is ab ...

. Both the Latvian and Livonian names mean "new village". Most homes in the village are not inhabited year-round after the Livonian Coast was made into a closed border area of the

Iron Curtain The Iron Curtain was the political and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. On the east side of the Iron Curtain were countries connected to the So ...

for fifty years during the Soviet occupation of Latvia.

References

List of Latvia's 278 Nature Reserves
Populated places in Ventspils Municipality Villages of the Livonian Coast {{Courland-geo-stub

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