Ābeļi Parish


Ābeļi Parish is an administrative unit of Jēkabpils Municipality, Latvia.

History

In the territory of present-day Ābeļi Parish, there was historically an Abelhof manor, Janopol manor.
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, 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 :lv:Brodi|Brodi, :lv:Ābeļi |Ābeļi, :lv:Ķeikāni|Ķeikāni, :lv:Laši |Laši, :lv:Nagļi |Nagļi, :lv:Piļkas |Piļkas, :lv:Platačkalns|Platačkalns, :lv:Rubuļkalns|Rubuļkalns, :lv:Saldes|Saldes, :lv:Silacaunes|Silacaunes, :lv:Sīļukalns |Sīļukalns, :lv:Veselība |Veselība.

Notable people