Vecumnieki Municipality Vecumnieku novads
Municipality
Ķiru windmill
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°36′23″N 24°31′20″E / 56.60639°N 24.52222°E / 56.60639; 24.52222
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Vecumnieki
Government
• Council Chair	Guntis Kalniņš (LRA)
Area [1]
• Total	844.83 km2 (326.19 sq mi)
• Land	827.53 km2 (319.51 sq mi)
• Water	17.3 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	7,795
• Density	9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
Website	www.vecumnieki.lv

Vecumnieki Municipality (Latvian: Vecumnieku novads) is a former municipality in Semigallia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bārbele parish, Kurmene parish, Skaistkalne parish, Stelpe parish, Valle parish and Vecumnieki parish; the administrative centre being Vecumnieki. The population in 2020 was 7,665.^[3]

On 1 July 2021, Vecumnieki Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged with Bauska Municipality.^[4]

Population

Culture

Since 2006 every year in July Vecumnieki county hosts a nation-wide Lily festival with exhibition of lilies, competition among florists and other cultural events and activities.^[6][7]

Notable countrymen

• Jānis Lazdiņš [lv] (1875—1953), musician and diplomat. First violinist of the Court Orchestra of the Russian Empire (1902-1917), Ambassador of Latvia to Belgium and Luxembourg (from 1929)
• Alfreds Amtmanis-Briedītis [lv] (1885–1966), actor, director and performing arts teacher
• Arnolds Spekke (1887-1972), philologist, historian, diplomat.
• Indulis Folkmanis [lv] (born 1939), sculptor
• Ingmārs Līdaka (born 1966), zoologist and politician.