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Tērvete Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Tērvete Municipality Tērvetes novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Latvia
Formed	2002
Centre	Zelmeņi
Government
• Council Chair	Dace Reinika (Our Home Is Here/LZS)
Area ^[1]
• Total	223.79 km² (86.41 sq mi)
• Land	219.46 km² (84.73 sq mi)
• Water	4.33 km² (1.67 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	3,273
• Density	15/km² (38/sq mi)
Website	www.tervetesnov.lv

Tērvete Municipality (Latvian: Tērvetes novads) is a former municipality in Semigallia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Augstkalne parish, Bukaiši parish and Tērvete parish, the administrative centre being Zelmeņi. The population in 2020 was 3,302.^[3]

On 1 July 2021, Tērvete Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Dobele Municipality.^[4]

Geography

The largest rivers are Auce, Ālave, Govaine, Krievaine, Reņģe, Skujaine, Svēpaine, Svētaine, Svete, Tērvete.

History

The county of Tērvete is located in the territory of the ancient Semigallian Territory, which was first mentioned in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry in the XXIII, section 4, in the context of the events of 1219, as the "province called Tervete" (Latin: provincia, que Thervetene vocatur ).

References

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^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas