Territory: 326,4 km2.
Population: 6,125 inhabitants.
As of January 1, 2002 the largest villages are:
The territory of Ropa�i district has been inhabited since the Stone Age � Neolithic era, 3 thousand years B.C. 4 ancient cemeteries and stone objects found there give proof of that.
The first written evidences about Ropa�i and its inhabitants go back to 1205, when Henricus mentioned Ropa�i in �Chronicles of Indrikis�. A. Beilenstein considered the inhabitants of the district as Liivs of the Daugava. In about 1320 the Order of Livonia built a stone castle at Ropa�i which served as a centre of the district administration. The castle was destroyed in the Livonian War, in the 17th century. In 1320 the Lutheran Parish was mentioned.
In the 16th century one of the most important routes of Vidzeme led through Ropa�i.
In the 18th century the baron Bergi family obtained Ropa�i manor, they carried out large construction works. The gardener Daniel Ebel formed one the first garden parks of Latvia. In the area of 9,3 ha 29 species of trees and bushes were planted.
In the reports of 1736 we can find information about education of children. In 1766 the Parish school �Parupes� was established. Two famous Latvians � an adherent to �The New Current�, the writer and translator Augusts Ka�oks and the poet Doku Atis worked there.
On 18th August, 1804 clergyman C. fon Valter described professors Robertson�s flight from Riga to Ropa�i in a hot - air balloon.
In 1855 Ropa�i manor became the property of baron Victor fon Volf. At the beginning of the 19th century the Ropa�i manor was burned down.
Ropa�i was seriously touched by World War I and World War II. In year 1949 over 150 inhabitants suffered repressions
In 1936 Ropa�i 7 � grade Primary School was build; in 1960 it was changed to a secondary school.
In Ropa�i you can visit many cultural and nature objects, like: Kangari Hills � point 65m a.s.l. restricted nature area 672 ha, Lielkangari Marsh 832 ha, Ancient cemetery � stone age etc.
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