Taurene Parish


Taurene Parish is an administrative unit of Vecpiebalga Municipality, Latvia and one of the 5 parishes in this municipality. Before the administrative reform of 2009, Taurene Parish was one of the 475 parishes in Latvia and one of the 21 parishes in the former Cēsis District. Taurene is located in a hilly region. Land use consists mostly of agriculture, forests and lakes. The regional road P30 runs through Taureme.

Towns, villages and settlements

Hamlets in Taurene Parish are:
The Gauja river flows through Taurene. A number of lakes are located in Taurene parish:
The Nekina Manor is located in Nekins.
In Taurene the Dutch environmental organization ARK is involved in a natural grazing project. In 2008 ARK introduced a herd of Konik horses to a privately owned piece of land. In 2012 seven of the horses of this herd were moved to a new grazing project in Ranka.