Jēkabpils district

Jēkabpils district
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Symbols
	coat of arms
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Basic data
Country	Latvia
surface	909 km²
Residents	4682 (July 1, 2018)
density	5.2 inhabitants per km²
founding	2009
ISO 3166-2	LV-042
Website	www.jekabpilsnovads.lv (Latvian)
	Landscape near Zasa

56.25 26.016666666667Coordinates: 56 ° 15 ' N , 26 ° 1' E

The Jēkabpils District ( Jēkabpils novads ) is an administrative district in southeastern Latvia .

geography

The district belongs to the historical part of Sēlija . It extends southeast of the city of Jēkabpils. In the north and east the district is bounded by the Daugava . The area is flat. Numerous swamp lowlands are embedded. The largest of them is the approximately 9 km² Kraukļu purvs ( Latvian bog of Kraukļi ) in the area of the municipality Ābeļi.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Dunava, built 1898–1900

history

In 2009, the municipalities Ābeļi, Dignāja, Dunava, Kalna, Leimaņi, Rubene and Zasa merged to form the Jēkabpils novads administrative district. The administrative building is located in Jēkabpils (German Jacobstadt), although this city is not part of the novads (district).

population

The district is rural and sparsely populated. In 2018 it had 4682 inhabitants.

literature

Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .

Web links

Official website

Footnotes

↑ Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās (= population of the self-governing districts of Latvia), as of July 1, 2018 (Latvian), p. 9, accessed on January 11, 2019.

[1] Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās (= population of the self-governing districts of Latvia), as of July 1, 2018 (Latvian), p. 9, accessed on January 11, 2019.