| Jelgava Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Jelgavas novads |
| Native Name Lang: | lv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Formed |
| Established Date: | 2009 |
| Established Title2: | Reformed |
| Established Date2: | 2021 |
| Seat Type: | Centre |
| Seat: | Jelgava (extraterritorially) |
| Leader Party: | V/JV |
| Leader Title: | Council Chair |
| Leader Name: | Uldis Ainārs |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Jelgava Municipality (lv|Jelgavas novads) is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. Its administrative center is Jelgava, although it is extraterritorial as the city is a separate municipality of its own.
The municipality was formed in 2009 from Jelgava District by merging Eleja Parish, Glūda Parish, Jaunsvirlauka Parish, Lielplatone Parish, Līvbērze Parish, Platone Parish, Sesava Parish, Svēte Parish, Valgunde Parish, Vilce Parish, Vircava Parish, Zaļenieki Parish and Kalnciems town with its rural territory. As of 2020, the population was 21,738.[1]
On 1 July 2021, Jelgava Municipality was enlarged when Ozolnieki Municipality and its parishes were merged into it during the Latvian administrative reform of 2021. It borders Lithuania.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia.
Jelgava Local Municipality is twinned with:[2]
Alytus, Lithuania
Glodeni District, Moldova Joniškis, Lithuania
Suwałki, Poland