Zorģi (
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ɔrɟi formerly Sudmalis) is a village in the
Iecava Parish
Iecava Parish () is one of the subdivisions of Bauska Municipality in its northern part. It surrounds the city of Iecava, which serves as the extraterritorial parish center. It is bordered by Code, Dāviņi, Mežotne, Stelpe and Vecumnieki ...
of
Bauska Municipality
Bauska Municipality () is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Brunava parish, Ceraukste parish, Code parish, Dāviņi parish, Gailīši parish, Īslīce parish, Mežotne parish, Vecs ...
in the
Semigallia
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 tri ...
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 located in the southern part of the parish by the
A7 highway, 4.4 km from the parish center Iecava, 18.8 km from the county center Bauskas and 49 km from Riga.
The village was formed near the former estates of Zorģi (Klein-Sorgen; in the northern part of the village) and Jurģi (Georgenhof; in the southwestern part). It grew up during the Soviet years as a village of the
Imants Sudmalis Kolkhoz farm. From 1949 to 1954, the center of the Zaļumi village council. There is also a library in Zorģi.
Population
Historical population count
Within existing borders, after CSP and OSP data.
References
Populated places in Bauska Municipality
Villages in Semigallia
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