Zorģi

Zorģi Sudmalis
Village
Zorģi
Coordinates: 56°33′52″N 24°10′3″E
Country	Latvia
Municipality	Bauska Municipality
Parish	Iecava Parish
Area
• Total	1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	196
ZIP Code	LV-3913

Zorģi (IPA: [zɔrɟi]; formerly Sudmalis) is a village in Iecava Parish, Bauska Municipality. 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.

Population

Historical population count

Within existing borders, after CSP and OSP data.

Historical population count

Year Pop. ±% 1970 55 —     1979 149 +170.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1989 140 −6.0% 2000 220 +57.1%

Year Pop. ±% 2011 195 −11.4% 2021 196 +0.5%