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|population_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.csb.gov.lv/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=04-05a&ti=4%2D5%2E+RESIDENT+POPULATION+BY+REGION%2C+CITY+AND+DISTRICT+AT+THE+BEGINNING+OF+THE+YEAR+++&path=../DATABASEEN/Iedzsoc/Annual%20statistical%20data/04.%20Population/&lang=1 |title=RESIDENT POPULATION BY REGION, CITY AND DISTRICT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR |publisher=Centrālās statistikas pārvaldes datu bāzes |accessdate=23 January 2009 |
|area=1,880
|website=[http://www.bauskarp.lv/ bauskarp.lv/]
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==History==
In the 15th century, [[Bauska Castle]] was built as a [[stronghold]] of the [[Livonian Order]] and a settlement developed around the fortification, called Vairogmiests. In 1584, [[Gotthard Kettler]] instituted a plan to remove the settlement and organize streets for a new town of Bauska, which received its town charter in 1609. The area was annexed by the [[Russian Empire]] in 1795, and an administrative unit was formed 1819 as [[Kreis Bauske]] ({{lang-ru|Бауский уезд}}). When Latvian independence was [[On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia#Historical and juridical background|declared]] on 18 November 1918 the kreis was renamed, reorganized and included territory which is now part of [[Lithuania]]. By 1920, Bauska County ({{lang-lv|Bauskas apriņķis}}) included: Bauska Town and 20 parishes: Bauska, [[Bārbele parish|Bārbele]], [[Brukna parish|Brukna]], Ceraukste, Code, [[Iecava parish|Iecava]], Īslīce, [[Jaunsaule parish|Jaunsaule]], [[Kurmene parish|Kurmene]], Mežotne, [[Misa parish|Misa]], [[Panemune parish|Panemune]], [[Rundāle parish|Rundāle]], [[Skaistkalne parish|Skaistkalne]], [[Stelpe parish|Stelpe]], [[Svitene parish|Svitene]], [[Taurkalne parish|Taurkalne]], Vecsaule, [[Vecumnieki parish|Vecumnieki]], and [[Zālīte parish|Zālīte]].<ref name="Ābelnieks">{{cite web|last1=Ābelnieks|first1=Raitis|title=History of the Bauska County|url=http://www.bauska.lv/en/history-of-the-bauska-county/|website=Bauska Latvia|publisher=Bauska County Council|accessdate=9 April 2017|archiveurl=
During [[World War II]] Bauska was [[Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940|occupied by Soviet forces]] and heavy fighting destroyed many of the structures of the main town. The [[History of the Jews in Latvia|Jewish Latvian]] population of the area were largely exterminated by [[Nazi]] forces and several thousand residents of the district were deported in 1941 and 1949 during political unrest. [[Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944|Reoccupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union]] at the end of World War II resulted in creation of the Bauska District ({{lang-lv|Bauskas rajons}}) in 1949. The [[Baldone parish]] took over administration of Iecava, Misa, Stelpe, Vecumnieki and Zālīte parishes. The [[Eleja parish]] absorbed Svitene Parish and [[Jaunjelgava parish]] added the territories of Kurmene and Taurkalne parishes.<ref name="Ābelnieks" />
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