Medze Parish Explained

Medze Parish (Latvian: Medzes pagasts) is an administrative unit of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The parish has a population of 1558 (as of 1/07/2010) and covers an area of 109.2 km².

Parish center - Kapsēde.

Villages of Medze parish

• Ievkalni
• Kapsēde
• Medzes muiža
• Piņķi
• Plienkalni (Kapsēdes stacija)
• Stirnas
• Šķēde
• Tāši

History

Medzes parish was formed around 1900. In 2009 Medzes parish was included in the administrative Grobiņa Municipality.