Koceni Civil Parish

The centre of Koceni parish is 0.5 km from Incukalns - Valmiera highway, 2 km from Valmiera and 110 km from Riga. Koceni parish borders on Berzaine parish, Zilaiskalns parish, Dikli parish and Vaidava parish in Koceni municipality, Valmiera parish and Burtnieki parish in Burtnieki municipality, Kauguri parish in Beverina municipality, Valmiera town, Stalbe and Raiskums parishes in Pargauja municipality and Liepa parish in Priekuli municipality.

The territory of Koceni parish was formed after World War II. It included 3 former parishes: Koceni, Kiegeli and Mujani. Koceni parish is in the territory of Kokmuiza. From the 11th to the 12 th centuries the present territory of the parish was inhabited by Latgalians. From 1208 - 1223 they owned a small land Imera which was independent from Talava. One of the famous residents of Imera was the Catholic monk Indrikis (Henry) who later became the author of the famous Indrikis chronicals. He was the first who brought the idejas of christianity to this region. Zilaiskalns was the most famous sacred place of the early christians.

There are approximately 100 enterprises in Koceni parish. The biggest are ‘'VTU
Valmiera" ( local and international pasenger transport), ‘'Auttra" Ltd.( local and international load transportation), "Vidzemes sēklas"Ltd. (seed farming), MILDA KM (food processing), ‘'Rants''Ltd. (trade), Latvia - Iceland joint venture ‘' BYKO-LAT'', Ltd.Venden (spring water extraction), ‘'Latmet"Ltd.(metal working) and others.

Culture life activities of the parish are organized in the local culture centre or, in summers, in Koceni open air stage which can seat 2000 spectators.
There are several amateur groups and 2 organizations of young guards. Information centres, libraries and access to internet is in both centres of the parish - Rubene and Koceni. There are also elementary schools in Rubene and Koceni. Koceni kindergarten has branches in Rubene and Vaidava.

Rubene Church 

Sports Centre "Koceni" 

Horse Farm "Koceni" 

Koceni Elementary School

Mazais Ansis 

Beste Pub 

Mujani "White Tower" 

Zilaiskalns Tower 

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