Ziras Parish
Ziras Parish is an administrative unit of Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.The parish has a population of 543 and covers an area of 153.80 km2.
History
In the territory of modern Ziras parish there were historically Vendzava manor and Ziru manor.In 1935, the area of Ziras Parish in Ventspils district was 90 km² and there were 1227 inhabitants. In 1945, Sise and Zira village councils were established in the parish, but in 1949 the parish was liquidated. The village of Zira belonged to, Ventspils, Kuldīga and again Ventspils districts. The liquidated village of Sises was added to Ziru village in 1954. In 1990, the village was reorganized into a parish. In 2009, Ziras parish was included as an administrative territory in Ventspils Municipality.