Koknese Parish () is an administrative unit of
Aizkraukle Municipality
Aizkraukle Municipality () is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. Its center is the town of Aizkraukle. The municipality was first formed in 2001 by merging Aizkraukle and Aizkraukle Parish. The population in 2020 was 8,024.
As a part of the Admin ...
in the
Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', ) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in north-centra ...
region of
Latvia
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. The parish center is
Koknese
Koknese () is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the right bank of the Daugava River. It has a population of nearly 3,000.
According to the provisions of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, Koknese gained ...
, although as a town it is located outside the parish.
History
Koknese Parish was founded after the dissolution of estate parishes due to the enactment of the Parish Local Government Act of 1866 of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
.
Following the agrarian reform of 1920, the
Koknese Manor with the semi-estates of Reiņi, Sofija, Mežs and Līdace was divided into 308 units in the total area of 3775.8 ha, the Koknese Teachers' Manor in 27 units, the Radalka Manor in 8 units, the Pastamuiža in 33 units, the Bilstiņi and Veidumuiža manors in 64 units, the Atradze Manor and Jeski semi-estates in 18 units. The summer colony of the staff of the
University of Latvia was established at the centre of the Bilstiņi Manor. In 1935, the area of Koknese civil parish was 160.7 km
2.
During the
Soviet occupation of Latvia, Bilstiņi, Koknese, Pērse and Ratnicēni village councils (or
selsoviets) were formed in the parish in 1945. Parishes were dissolved by the Soviets in 1949. In 1954, Bilstiņi village was added to Koknese village. In 1958, Koknese was granted the status of a
working settlement and annexed the village of Koknese as its rural territory. In 1962, a part of Ratnicēni village was added to the Koknese Rural Territory. In 1990, Koknese lost its status as an urban-type settlement and was reorganized as a parish of
Aizkraukle district along with its
rural territory.
In 2009, the
Koknese Municipality was formed by merging Koknese Parish with
Bebri Parish and
Irši Parish. After the administrative territorial reform of 2021, Koknese was granted city status, separating it from the parish territory, while the parish and the town of Koknese were included in Aizkraukle Municipality.
Villages and settlements of Koknese Parish
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Atradze
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Auliciems
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Bilstiņi
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Birznieki
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Bormaņi
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Kalnakrogs
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Kaplava
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Lipši
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Ratnicēni
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Reiņi
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Spriņģi
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Upeslīči
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Urgas
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Ūsiņi
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Viskāļi
Notable people
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Pēteris Stučka - Latvian communist politician and revolutionary
References
Parishes in Aizkraukle Municipality
Vidzeme
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