Area 102.4 km² | ||
Taurene parish (Latvian: Taurenes pagasts) is an administrative unit of the Vecpiebalga Municipality, Latvia and one of the 5 parishes in this municipality. Before the administrative reform of 2009, the Taurene parish was one of the 475 parishes in Latvia and one of the 21 parishes in the former Cēsis District. Taurene is located in a hilly region. Land use consists mostly of agriculture, forests and lakes. The regional road P30 runs through Taureme.
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Map of Taurene parish, LV-4119, Latvia
Towns, villages and settlements
Hamlets in the Taurene parish are:
Lakes and rivers
The Gauja river flows through Taurene.
In the Taurene parish are a number of lakes located:
Tourism
In Nekins is the Nekina Manor located.
In Taurene, the Dutch environmental organization ARK, is involved in a natural grazing project. In 2008 ARK introduced a herd of Konik horses to a privately owned piece of land. In 2012 seven of the horses of this herd were moved to a new grazing project in Ranka.