Zvārde Parish ( lv, Zvārdes pagasts) is an administrative unit in the Eastern part of

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, Latvia. It borders with the Novadnieki, Kursīši, Ruba and Jaunauce parishes,

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Ciecere and

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Lielauces and Vītiņu parishes.

History

The territory of present-day Zvārde parish in the 19 century was divided between Jaunzvārde manor ('' Gut Neu-Schwarden ''), Ķerkliņi manor ('' Gut Kerklingen ''), Striķi manor ('' Gut Stricken '', Striķi), Veczvārde manor ( '' Gut Alt-Schwarden ''). In 1935,

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Zvārde parish had an area of 214.1 km² and 3117 inhabitants. In 1945, Ķerkliņu, Striķu and Zvārdes

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s were established in the parish, but in 1949 the parish was liquidated. In 1954, at the request of the

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Ministry of Defense,

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s Zvārde

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was established in most of the parish territory. The villages were liquidated and their territories were added to the villages of Novadnieki Parish (Striķi and Zvārde villages) and Lielauce Parish (Ķerkliņi village). In 1993, Zvārde the parish was re-established, including most of the territory of the former parish. In 2009, the parish was included as an administrative territory

Geography

Zvārde parish has several small rivers - Akmeņstrauts, Lemzere, Mazupe, Mežupīte, Nabagupe and lakes - Baltezers, Lake Brocēni,

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, Luknis, Mellezeris.

References

Parishes of Latvia Saldus Municipality Courland {{courland-geo-stub