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
Country	Latvia
Area [1][2]
• Total	110.14 km2 (42.53 sq mi)
• Land	99.05 km2 (38.24 sq mi)
• Water	11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2024)[3]
• Total	1,281
• Density	12/km2 (30/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