Vecsaule Parish


Vecsaule Parish is an administrative unit of Bauska Municipality, Latvia.
Through the parish flows Lambārtes, Iecava and Mēmele River.

History

, that took place in 1236, traditionally was identified with Šiauliai in Lithuania or with the small settlement of Vecsaule near Bauska in what is today southern Latvia.
On the territory of present-day Vecsaule parish there were historically located Kūlu manor, Mazmēmeles manor, Pēter manor, Old Manor, Vecsaules Manor.
In 1935 Vecsaule Parish had an area of 113.6 km² and had a population of 1888. In 1945, the Mazsaules village was established in the parish and Vecsaule village council, was liquidated in 1949.
In 1954 the Mazsaules village was added, in 1961 Soviet farm s «Dāviņi» territory was added Brukna village In 1963, part of the liquidated Brukna village was added, in 1977 part of Skaistkalne Parish was added, and in 1979 - part of Barbele village.
In 1990, the village was reorganized into a parish. In 2009 Vecsaule Parish was included as an administrative territory Bauska Municipality.

Towns, villages and settlements of Vecsaule parish

The largest settlements are Vecsaule Jaunsaule, Kaģeni, Peat, Likverteni, Lici, Mazbrukna, Melderi, Ozolaine Petermuiza, Rīkani, Strautiņi.