Ābeļi Parish ( lv, Ābeļu pagasts) is an administrative unit of
Jēkabpils Municipality,
Latvia
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History
In the territory of present-day Ābeļi Parish, there was historically an
Abelhof manor ('' Gut Abelhof'',
Ābeļu),
Janopol manor ('' Gut Janopol '',
Brodi ).
In the 19th century was established ''Salas parish'' on the left bank of
Daugava, in vicinity of
Jekabpils. In 1925 it was renamed Ābeļi Parish. In 1935 Parish occupied area of 199 km² and had population of 2532 people. In 1945, Ābeļi, Ezera and Salas were united into the parish
village council
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, but the parish was liquidated in 1949. In 1954, in Dregen village
kolkhoz 'Soviet homeland' was created. In 1990 the village was reorganized into a parish. In 2009, Ābeļi Parish was included as an administrative territory in Jekabpils county.
Settlements
The largest populated areas are
Brodi (parish center),
Ābeļi,
Ķeikāni,
Laši,
Nagļi,
Piļkas,
Platačkalns,
Rubuļkalns,
Saldes,
Silacaunes,
Sīļukalns,
Veselība.
.
Notable people
*
Jānis Akuraters
Jānis Akuraters (13 January 1876 – 25 July 1937) was a Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician. He founded the Latvian National Theatre in 1919 and was director of Radio of Riga between 1930 and 1934.
Biography
Akuraters was born ...
(1876-1937) — writer
* (1892-1954) — Latvian officer
References
Jēkabpils Municipality
Parishes of Latvia
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