Tērvete Municipality

Tērvete Municipality (LatvianTērvetes novads) is a municipality in ZemgaleLatvia. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Augstkalne parishBukaiši parish and Tērvete parish, the administrative centre being Zelmeņi.

Geography
The largest rivers are Auce, Ālave, Govaine, Krievaine, Reņģe, Skujaine, Svēpaine, Svētaine, Svete, Tērvete.

History
The county of Tērvete is located in the territory of the ancient Zemgalian Territory, which was first mentioned in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry in the XXIII, section 4, in the context of the events of 1219, as the "province called Tervete" (Latin: provincia, que Thervetene vocatur).
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