Zorģi (IPA: [zɔrɟi]; formerly Sudmalis) is a village in the Iecava Parish of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia.[1] It is located in the southern part of the parish by the A7 highway, 4.4 km from the parish center Iecava, 18.8 km from the county center Bauskas and 49 km from Riga.

The village was formed near the former estates of Zorģi (Klein-Sorgen; in the northern part of the village) and Jurģi (Georgenhof; in the southwestern part). It grew up during the Soviet years as a village of the Imants Sudmalis Kolkhoz farm. From 1949 to 1954, the center of the Zaļumi village council. There is also a library in Zorģi.[2]

Population

Historical population count

Within existing borders, after CSP and OSP data.[3]

Historical population count
YearPop.±%
197055—    
1979149+170.9%
YearPop.±%
1989140−6.0%
2000220+57.1%
YearPop.±%
2011195−11.4%
2021196+0.5%

References

56°33′52″N 24°10′03″E / 56.5644°N 24.1675°E / 56.5644; 24.1675


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