Jelgava County ( Latvian: Jelgavas apriņķis ) is the former administrative unit of the Republic of Latvia (1920-1940) and the Latvian SSR (1940, 1944-1949). It was created in 1819 as the Doblensky district of the Courland province of the Russian Empire . After independence, it became known as Dobele County.
History
Dobel County in 1920 was renamed Jelgava County. In 1925, its area was 3,519.6 km². It bordered on Liepaja , Kuldiga , Tukums , Riga , Bauska counties of Latvia and Lithuania .
The largest settlements of the county were: Jelgava , Dobele , Auce , Bene , Elea and Ruba .
In 1940, the Jelgava county consisted of three cities: Auce, Dobele, Jelgava and forty-one volosts: Augstkalnsky , Aursky , Bensky , Berzsky , Bukayshsky , Vadakstsky , Valgundsky , Vetsautsky , Vecsvirukausky , Wilszewski , Wierzavluska , Girzavskuda , Girzavskuda , Gartsukdskogo , Zaleniekskoy , Ilskaya , Kalntsiemskoy , Livberzskoy , Lielautsskoy , Lielvirtsavskoy , Lielplatone , Nauditskoy , Ozolnieki , Penkulskoy , Peternikskoy , Platonskoy , Rubskoye , Salgalskoy , secular , Sesavskoy , Sipelskoy , Snikerskoy , Tērvetes , Titelskoy , Ukr Coy , Shkibskoy , Eleatic , Yaunautsskoy , Yaunsvirlaukskoy [1] .
In 1940, Jelgava received the status of a city of republican subordination and was removed from the county. On December 31, 1949, as a result of the territorial-administrative reform, the Jelgava County was abolished, parts of its territory were included in the Authorsky , Dobelsky , Elei and Jelgava regions [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Okupētās Latvijas administratīvi teritoriālais iedalījums. Latvijas Valsts arhīvu ģenerāldirekcija. Riga, 1997. ISBN 9984-9256-0-9
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Latvia. SSR of December 31, 1949
Literature
- Soviet Latvia / Ch. ed. P.P. Eran. - 1st ed .. - Riga: Main Edition of Encyclopedias, 1985. - 816 p. - 50,000 copies.