Ukr parish ( Latvian. Ukru pagasts ) - one of the seven territorial units of the Autonomous Region . It is located on the Zemgale Plain of the Middle Latvian Lowland and partly in the western part of the Wadakst Plain.
| Volost | |
| Ukr volost | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Ukru pagasts | |
| A country |  Latvia |
| Included in | Auza region |
| Adm. Centre | Ukri |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | |
| Square | 94.52 km² |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 471 [1] people ( 2010 ) |
| Density | 5 people / km² |
It borders on the Benskaya and Vitinsky volosts of its territory, the Bukayshsky volost of the Tervetsky region , as well as the Gaižaičiai and Zhagarsky elders of the Joniški district of Lithuania .
The largest settlements of the Bene parish: Ukri (volost center), Snikere and Vilkali.
The following rivers flow through the territory of the volost: Zerpain, Dabikene, Tervet, Svepain.
Highest point: 88.2 m
National structure: 67.8% - Latvians, 17.7% - Lithuanians, 6.1% - Russians, 4.5% - Belarusians, 1.9% - Poles.
The volost is crossed by the Bukayshi-Lachi and Nesava-Snikere highways.
History
In the XII century, in this territory, historically connected with the lands of the Lithuanian Gager, zemgals lived. In the XIII century, the northern part was transferred to the Livonian Order , and the southern remained subordinate to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .
On the territory of the volost in the XIX century there were Snikerskoe and Ukrskie estates.
In accordance with the Latvian-Lithuanian treaty of 1920, an exchange of territories took place and the Ukr parish, which was once part of the Coven province, was transferred in 1921 to the Latvian Jelgava county .
In 1935, the territory of the Ukr parish was 46.5 km², 1,047 people lived in it, of which 79% were ethnic Latvians.
After World War II , 5 collective farms were organized. Later they were merged into the state farm "Ukri", liquidated in the early 1990s.
In 1945, the Razhsky and Ukrsky village councils were formed in the volost. In 1949, the volost division was abolished, and the Ukrsky Village Council was part of the Autsky (1949-1959) and Dobele District (after 1959).
In 1954, the territory of the liquidated Razhsky Village Council was annexed to the Ukrsky Village Council, in 1958 - the territory of the Ukri state farm of the Bukaysh Village Council and the Zelmenis collective farm of Bens. In 1961, 1965 and 1977, a number of territorial exchanges with neighboring village councils followed [2] .
In 1990, the Ukrsky Village Council was reorganized into a volost. In 2009, at the end of the Latvian administrative-territorial reform, the Ukr parish became part of the Autonomous Region.
Today, there are several economically active enterprises in the volost, a library, a feldsher point, a post office [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Population in local governments as of 01.01.2011 (Latvian) . Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. Date of treatment April 1, 2011. Archived August 10, 2012.
- ↑ Latvijas pagasti. Enciklopēdija. A / S Preses nams, Riga, 2001-2002 ISBN 9984-00-412-0
- ↑ Ukru pagasts // Latvijas Enciklopēdija. - Riga: SIA "Valērija Belokoņa izdevniecība", 2007. - ISBN 9984-9482-0-X .