Tome Parish

Tome Parish (Latvian: Tomes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Ogre Municipality^[3] in the Semigallia^[4] region of Latvia (From 2009 until 2021, it was part of the former Ķegums Municipality).^[5][6][7][8]

Tome Parish
parish of Latvia
Coat of arms
56°44′30″N 24°37′21″E / 56.7418°N 24.6225°E / 56.7418; 24.6225
Country	Latvia
Area ^[1]
• Total	110.42 km^2 (42.63 sq mi)
• Land	103.92 km^2 (40.12 sq mi)
• Water	6.5 km^2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2023)^[2]
• Total	677
• Density	6.1/km^2 (16/sq mi)

History

Tome's name "Thompus" was first mentioned in 1735. Until 1924, Tome Parish belonged to the Bauska, later to the Riga District. In 1935, Tome Parish had an area of 73 km² and a population of 763 inhabitants. In 1945, Tome village council was established in the parish, which was abolished in 1947, but in 1949, with the abolition of the parish, it was re-established. Tome village belonged to Riga (1945-1949) and Ogres (1947-1949) districts and Baldone district [lv] (1949-1954). The village was abolished in 1954 and the territory was included in Strēlnieku village [lv]. In 1960, the Strēlnieku village was liquidated and the kolkhoz "Tome" territory was added to the Ķeguma workers' village, creating a "rural area of Ķegums". In 1993, Ķegums was granted city rights, but the rural territory was reorganized into "Tome Parish", which was liquidated again in 1994, adding Ķegums as a rural territory. In 2002, the city of Ķegums with a rural territory was reorganized into Ķegums Municipality. In 2010, the rural territory of Ķegums was reorganized into a separate administrative territory and renamed "Tomes Parish". The territory of Tome Parish is defined by law as a part of the region of Semigallia.^[9]

Hydrography

Rivers:

• Brantupīte (Daugava tributary) [lv],
• Kausupīte [lv],
• Līčupe (Daugava tributary) [lv],
• Silupīte (Kausupe tributary) [lv],
• Vilpīte [lv].

Towns, villages and settlements of Tome parish

 

Lutheran church in Tome.

• Tome (Tome parish) [lv] (parish center),
• Rutki (Tome parish) [lv],
• Arāji [lv],
• Bekuciems [lv],
• Latgaļi (Tome parish) [lv],
• Tomes fish farm [lv].

References

 

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1. "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
2. "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā) 2021 - 2022". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
3. [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
4. [2] Latviešu vēsturisko zemju likums
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6. . nais.lv (in Latvian). 2008-12-18. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
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8. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
9. [3] Latviešu vēsturisko zemju likums