Bauska Municipality ( lv, Bauskas novads) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Zemgale Semigallia, also spelt Semigalia, ( lv, Zemgale; german: Semgallen; lt, Žiemgala; pl, Semigalia; liv, Zemgāl) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located in the south of the Daugava river and the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. ...

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. The municipality was formed in 2009 by

merging Merge, merging, or merger may refer to: Concepts * Merge (traffic), the reduction of the number of lanes on a road * Merge (linguistics), a basic syntactic operation in generative syntax in the Minimalist Program * Merger (politics), the comb ...

Brunava parish,

Ceraukste parish Ceraukste Parish ( lv, Ceraukstes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas ...

, Code parish, Dāviņi parish, Gailīši parish, Īslīce parish, Mežotne parish, Vecsaule parish and

Bauska Bauska () is a town in Bauska Municipality, in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia. Bauska is located from the Latvian capital Riga, 62 km (38.5 mi) from Jelgava and from the Lithuanian border on the busy European route E67. The to ...

town, the administrative centre being Bauska. On 1 July 2021, Bauska Municipality was enlarged when Iecava Municipality, Rundāle Municipality and Vecumnieki Municipality ceased to exist and their territory was merged into Bauska Municipality. Since that date, Bauska Municipality consists of the following administrative units:

town, Bārbele Parish, Brunava Parish,

Ceraukste Parish Ceraukste Parish ( lv, Ceraukstes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas ...

, Code Parish, Dāviņi Parish, Gailīši Parish, Iecava Parish, Iecava town, Īslīce Parish,

Kurmene Parish Kurmene Parish ( lv, Kurmenes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Towns, villages and settlements of Kurmene Parish

*Kaijas *Kurmene *Vērdiņi {{Cities and parishes of Aizkrauk ...

, Mežotne Parish, Rundāle Parish, Skaistkalne Parish, Stelpe Parish,

Svitene Parish Svitene Parish ( lv, Svitenes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Towns, villages and settlements of Svitene Parish * - parish administrative center References

Parishes of ...

, Valle Parish, Vecsaule Parish,

Vecumnieki Parish Vecumnieki Parish ( lv, Vecumnieku pagasts) is an administrative unit of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. History The Old Town of Vecumnieki historically has been home to the Drächen Manor ('' Gut Drakken ''), the Mansi ...

and Viesturi Parish. Latvian law defines the entire territory of Bauska Municipality as a part of the

Semigallia Semigallia, also spelt Semigalia, ( lv, Zemgale; german: Semgallen; lt, Žiemgala; pl, Semigalia; liv, Zemgāl) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located in the south of the Daugava river and the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. ...

region.

Twin towns — sister cities

Bauska is twinned with: *

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, Sweden *

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, Georgia *

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, Czech Republic *

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, Lithuania *

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, Lithuania *

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, Poland *

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Images

Bauskas novads karte.png, Boundaries of the municipality from 2009 to 2021

References

Municipalities of Latvia Semigallia {{Zemgale-geo-stub

Twin towns — sister cities

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See also

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