Jekabpils County ( Latvian: Jēkabpils 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 Friedrichstadt county of the Courland province of the Russian Empire . After independence, it became known as Jaunjelgava County.
History
In 1920, the center of Jaunjelgava county was moved from Jaunjelgava to Jekabpils, and the county was renamed Jekabpils accordingly. Its area was 3487.1 km². It bordered on Riga , Bauska , Daugavpils , Ilukste counties of Latvia and Lithuania .
The largest settlements of the county were: Jekabpils , Jaunelgava , Viesite , Nereta .
In 1940, Jekabpils county consisted of three cities: Jekabpils, Jaunjelgava, Viesete (until 1928 - a village) and nineteen volosts: Abel , Birz , Daudze , Dignai , Elksh , Mazzal , Miel , Nerets , Rits , Rits Serensky , Slatsky , Sunakstsky , Barnabas , Viesitskaya , Zalvskaya , Zaska [1] .
On March 18, 1941 the cities of Krustpils and Gostiny with four volosts of the Daugavpils district and the city of Pляavinas with the Pляavi волi volost of Riga county were annexed to Jekabpils county . On December 31, 1949, as a result of the territorial-administrative reform, the Jekabpils county was abolished, parts of its territory were included in the Aknist , Jaunjelgava , Jekabpils , Krustpils , Neretsky and Plyavinsky districts [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.