Vecpiebalga Parish

Vecpiebalga Parish (Latvian: Vecpiebalgas pagasts) is an administrative unit of Cēsis Municipality, Latvia. It is one of the 21 parishes in this municipality.^[4] The parish center is Vecpiebalga.

Vecpiebalga Parish
parish of Latvia
Coat of arms
57°04′40″N 25°47′07″E / 57.0777°N 25.7852°E / 57.0777; 25.7852
Country	Latvia
Area ^[1]^[2]
• Total	110.14 km^2 (42.53 sq mi)
• Land	99.05 km^2 (38.24 sq mi)
• Water	11.09 km^2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2023)^[3]
• Total	1,310
• Density	12/km^2 (31/sq mi)

Before the administrative reform of 2021, Vecpiebalga Parish was one of the 5 parishes in the former Vecpiebalga Municipality. Until 2009 Vecpiebalga Parish was one of the 21 parishes in the former Cēsis District. The territory is defined by Latvian law as a part of the region of Vidzeme.^[5]

Vecpiebalga Parish is the birthplace of the writers Reinis Kaudzīte, Matīss Kaudzīte and Kārlis Skalbe.

Towns, villages and settlements of Vecpiebalga Parish

References

1. "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
2. "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
3. "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 3 October 2023.
4. [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
5. [2] Latviešu vēsturisko zemju likums