Jelgava Municipality () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Zemgale Semigallia is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located to the south of the Daugava and to the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. The territory is split between Latvia and Lithuania, previously inhabited by the Semigallian Baltic trib ...

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. Its administrative center is

Jelgava Jelgava () is a state city in central Latvia. It is located about southwest of Riga. It is the largest town in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Jelgava was the capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1578–1795) and was the ad ...

, although it is extraterritorial as the city is a separate municipality of its own. The municipality was formed in 2009 from

Jelgava district Jelgava district () was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Semigallia region, in the country's centre. It was organized into a city, two municipalities and twelve parishes, each with a local government authority. The administrative c ...

by merging Eleja Parish,

Glūda Parish Glūda parish () is an administrative unit of Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The administrative center is Nākotne. It was an administrative unit of the Jelgava district. History Historically in the territory of the m ...

, Jaunsvirlauka Parish, Lielplatone Parish,

Līvbērze Parish Līvbērze parish () is an administrative unit of Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia 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 ...

, Platone Parish,

Sesava Parish Sesava Parish () is an administrative unit of Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Towns, villages and settlements of Sesava parish * – parish administrative center Notable people * Pēteris Juraševskis Pēteris Ju ...

Svēte Parish Svēte parish () is an administrative unit of Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia (Prior to 2009 in the former Jelgava district Jelgava district () was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Semigallia region, in ...

Valgunde Parish Valgunde Parish () is an administrative unit of Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia 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, ...

, Vilce Parish, Vircava Parish,

Zaļenieki Parish Zaļenieki Parish () is an administrative unit in the western part of Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It borders the Parishes of Glūda, Svēte, Lielplatone, Vilce, Tērvete, and Augstkalne. Rivers Auce, Dorupīte, Eglon ...

and

Kalnciems Kalnciems () is a village in Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Located on the left bank of the Lielupe, 5 km south of the A9 motorway. Distance to Jelgava 24 km, to Riga - 49 km. Because of the dolomite and ...

town with its rural territory. As of 2020, the population was 21,738. On 1 July 2021, Jelgava Municipality was enlarged when

Ozolnieki Municipality Ozolnieki Municipality () is a former municipality in Semigallia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2003 by merging Ozolnieki Parish and Cena Parish; the administrative centre was Ozolnieki. In 2009 it absorbed Sidrabene parish (in 2011 ...

and its parishes were merged into it during the Latvian administrative reform of 2021. It borders

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Twin towns — sister cities

Jelgava Local Municipality is twinned with: *

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, Lithuania *

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, Romania * Berufsförderungswerk, Germany *

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, Moldova *

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, Lithuania *

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, Ukraine *

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, Germany *

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, Poland *

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, Poland *

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* Municipalities of Latvia {{zemgale-geo-stub