Baldone Parish

Baldone Parish (Latvian: Baldones pagasts) is an administrative unit of Ķekava Municipality,^[3] Latvia. From 2009 until 2021, it was part of the former Baldone Municipality. The administrative center is the town of Baldone, which is not a part of the parish.

Baldone Parish
parish of Latvia
56°43′51″N 24°22′18″E
Country	Latvia
Area [1]
• Total	166.38 km2 (64.24 sq mi)
• Land	166.38 km2 (64.24 sq mi)
• Water	3.14 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2025)[2]
• Total	2,061
• Density	12.39/km2 (32.08/sq mi)

It was created in 2010 from the countryside territory of Baldone town.^[4] At the beginning of 2015, the population of the parish was 3322.^[5] Baldone Parish is defined by Latvian law as belonging partly to the historical lands of Vidzeme and partly to Semigallia.^[6]

The Baldone Observatory of the University of Latvia is located in the parish near the village of Riekstukalns [lv].

Villages and settlements

• Kažoki
• Mercendarbe [lv] (Mercendorfa) - center of Mencendarbe Manor
• Misa
• Pulkarne [lv] - former manor center
• Riekstukalns
• Rozītes
• Sarma
• Skurbenieši
• Spaļenieki
• Stūri
• Sūnupes
• Vārpas [lv] - former manor center