1. Welcome to Auce Municipality

2. Auce municipality is municipality with name, municipality with soul, as the land is the strength, land is the life!

3. Center of municipality - Auce Rural territories - Bēne Ukri Vītiņi Īle
Total area - 517,8 km²
Center of municipality - Auce
Rural territories - Bēne
Ukri
Vītiņi
Īle
Vecauce
Lielauce
Railway: Ruba – Auce - Riga
Distance from Auce to:
Rīga – 100 km
Dobele – 38 km
Jelgava – 60 km
Distance to the ports:
Ventspils – 154 km
Liepāja – 133 km

4. In Auce municipality to 01/07/2013
Population
In Auce municipality to 01/07/2013
The total number of population in Auce municipality

5. Auce local municipality was established in 2009 by merging Auce town and its rural territory, as well as Bēne, Īle, Lielauce, Ukri and Vītiņi parishes.
The municipality is located in the south of Latvia between Zemgale and Kurzeme, only 7 km from the Lithuanian border. Auce municipality is crossed by the motor-roads Rīga – Jelgava – Auce – Ezere and Tukums – Auce – border of Lithuania.
Limestone, sand and gravel are extracted in Auce neighborhood. The municipality is rich in forests, which cover almost 20 thousand hectares (38.6% of the total area). However, more than half of the territory is occupied by agricultural land, namely it is about 26 thousand hectares (50.2% of the total area).

6. Age and gender structure of population
in Auce municipality to 01/07/2013

7. Unemployment Unemployment to 31/01/2013: 12.1 %
( in Latvia – 8.3 %; in Zemgale region – 9.2%)

8. Education in Auce municipality
PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
5 nusery schools (1 day and night nusery school)
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Auce Secondary School
Bēne Secondaru School
MUSIC AND ART EDUCATION
Auce Music School
Bēne Music and Art School*
ADULT EDUCATION
Auce Adult Education and Information Centre
Vacational education programme in Computer Design
Nearest vacational education – Dobele Crafts and Coprehensive Secondary School:
●Hospitality services ●Catering services ●Car mehanization●Food processing technician ●Hairdresser
Nearest higher education – Latvia University of Agriculture in Jelgava

9. Entrepreneurship
The geographic alocation of the municipality and its vast area create favorable conditions for sustainable socio-municipal economic development.
The main busness activities of the registred companies are production and processing of agricultural products (28%), redering sevices (57%), industrial production (14%) and tourism (1%)
The municipality is proud of such prospering enterprises as a textiles munufacturer EK Auce Ltd., a metal working industry Tehnika Auce Ltd., sea buckthorn growing and processing company Dienvidi Plus Ltd. Tand Ukri Ltd. is one of the largest farms in the municipality that is engaged in the cultivation of grain. State Training and Research Farm Vecauce deals with the development of agricultural sciences and training of new specialists.
In 2010 Business Garden was set up in Auce town with the aim to develop business activitiea in the border area of Latvia.

10. Retail trade, food processing
Largest companies by turnover
Company
Turnover, mio. EUR
Sector
SIA « Bēnes PB»
5.1
Retail trade, food processing
SIA «Tehnika Auce»
2.8
Metal processing, production of equipment
SIA «LLU mācību un pētījumu saimniecība «Vecauce»»
2.2
Diversified agricultural company
SIA «TND UKRI»
1.8
Crop farming
SIA «EK Auce»
1.4
Manufacture of garmets

11. Offers in Auce municipality In Auce Town
Address
Owner
Property Tipe
Area (m2)
Electricity(E), Water(W), Sewerage(S)
Notes
Miera Str. 10
Municipality
Legal entity
Land
Buildings
2172
506
E, W, S
For business institution, office, sales and service facility
Tehnikas Str. 8
State
18075
5107
Indusrial building site
Bēnes Str.7
1858
448
Jura Mātere Str.1A
2533
1204

12. Address
Owner
Property Tipe
Area (m2)
Electricity(E), Water(W), Sewerage(S)
Notes
Stacijas Str.6
Municipality
Land
Buildings
538
163
E, W, S
For business institution, office, sales and service facility
Miera Str.25
Individual
Legal entity
Land Buildings
1924
650
Miera Str.16
1638
211
Pils Str.3
3744
160
For sales and service facility

13. Address
Owner
Property Tipe
Area (m2)
Electricity(E), Water(W), Sewerage(S)
Notes
Raiņa Str.31
Inividual
Land
Buildings
3224
282
E, W, S
For business institution, office, sales and service facility
Raiņa Str.19
Legal entity
1892
500
Raiņa Str.18
Individual
808 45 E

14. In Bēne Parish Address Owner Property Tipe Area (m2)
Electricity(E), Water(W), Sewerage(S)
Notes
Rūpniecības Str.2C
Legal entity
Land
Buildings
3000
1945
E, W, S
Indusrial building site
Rūpniecības Str.2B
Individual
34100
1633
350
376 E
(The owner lives abroud)
Rūpniecības Str.2
20700
2200
3929
306
580
920

15. In Ukri Parish Address Owner Property Tipe Area (m2)
Electricity(E), Water(W), Sewerage(S)
Notes
«Papeles»
Municipality
Land
Buildings
4020
1070
For business institution, office, sales and service facility
«Skola»
16525
1838
For public, social care institution, office
«Ukru ēdnīca»
Legal entity
Building
1000
154

16. In Īle Parish Address Owner Property Tipe Area (m2)
Electricity(E), Water(W), Sewerage(S)
Notes
Manor «Stirnas»
Legal entity
Land
Building
254500
1364 95
180
E, W, S (were)
Object is a cultural monument
Manor «Īles sanatorija»
State
230900
1635
167
410 72
227
110
258 80
165
154

17. In Lielauce Parish Address Owner Property Tipe Area (m2)
Electricity(E), Water(W), Sewerage(S)
Notes
«Ezerkrasti», Klēts
Municipality
Land
Building
3200
3011 E
For public, social care institution, office
«Ezerkrasti», «Ezerkrasti 1» (2nd floor)
2100
700

18. Auce Local Municipality Jelgavas Str. 1, Auce LV-3708 www. auce
Auce Local Municipality Jelgavas Str. 1, Auce LV