Zaļenieki Parish (Latvian: Zaļenieku pagasts) is an administrative unit in the western part of Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia.
It borders the Parishes of Glūda, Svēte, Lielplatone, Vilce, Tērvete, and Augstkalne.
Rivers Auce, Dorupīte, Eglone, Svēte, and Tērvete flow through Zaļenieki.
Municipality
Jelgavas Novads
Administreative Centre
Zaļenieki
Area
122,83 km2
Population (2010)
690
Population Density
13.8 per km2
Towns, villages and settlements of Zaļenieki parish
Zaļenieki, Spurģi, Ūziņi, Apgunste.
Notable people
Poet Aspazija (1865 - 1943) was born in Daukšas, Zaļenieki Parish