Jelgava in figures • 2019 • Dear readers of “Jelgava in figures”! Jelgava – a city for development – has continued its improvement as one of Latvia’s educational, industrial and cultural centers in 2019 as well. A city that encourages business development, offers a wide range of educational opportunities, secure social environment and an active cultural life. Manufacturing and active business life is what promotes economic growth, and our city puts a lot of efforts to make every investor and entrepreneur to feel needed and welcome. By focusing on developing infrastructure, especially in industrial areas, the municipality has managed to take another step forward in arranging and adjusting the business environment, creating preconditions for the restoration of former production facilities and brownfields thus attracting private investment - the municipality has started the revitalization of industrial brownfields near Lielupe, among Garozas, Prohorova and Neretas streets, foreseeing investments in the amount of 12.5 million euros. As the performance indicators of industry, wholesale and retail sectors in Jelgava remain high, increasing freight transport flow, the importance of high-quality transit roads is a priority - in 2019, the reconstruction of the Platone Bridge in Miera Street was completed, as well as large-scale reconstruction works of the Loka Highway is still in progress, thus improving the existing transit and freight transport routes. Along with the improvement of the business environment, it is crucial to develop the potential of knowledge and innovation, to keep up with the requirements of the labor market and the needs of students. In 2019, we were the first in the country to implement educational reform by optimizing the network of municipal educational institutions and determining the specialization of each school to promote high quality education. In September 2019, the students of Jelgava State Gymnasium started the new school year in a fully modernized school. Also, the stadium of Jelgava Secondary School of Technology and the sports field near Jelgava 4th Primary School were reconstructed. We are proud of our award winning buildings in the “Construction Award of the Year 2019” and “Best Building of the Year in Latvia 2019” - 1st place in the nomination "Wooden Building" - open-air concert hall "Mītava" on Pasta (Post) Island and nomination “Restoration"- renovated wooden building at Vecpilsētas Street 14, Jelgava. The city is developing and requires more and more intellectual resources – young students hungry for knowledge and willing to learn, entrepreneurs, smart and provident. Change is the driving force of development and is the key to Jelgava's success - to be able to foresee one step ahead of events, to undertake initiative and responsibility. I invite you to get acquainted with the development of the city in the latest edition of "Jelgava in numbers" for new discoveries and opportunities! Andris Rāviņš Chairman of Jelgava City Council About Jelgava Jelgava is fourth largest city in Latvia by population and fifth by the territory. The total area is 60,3 km2 of which: - 2,72 km2 are covered by water - 1,62 km2 are covered by parks - 12,64 km2 are covered by forests Distance: Jelgava - Riga 42 km Jelgava - Vilnius 295 km Jelgava - Tallinn 350 km Jelgava - Moscow 1053 km Jelgava - Stockholm 482 km Jelgava - Berlin 1221 km Jelgava - Vienna 1403 km Jelgava Large Coat of Arms As approved by the National Heraldry Committee on the 24th of November, 2016, the Large Coat of Arms of Jelgava depicts two silver lions with heads looking backwards, red tongues and golden crowns, holding shield with Coat of Arms of Jelgava, standing on the silver base. Coat of Arms Jelgava is the only city in Latvia that contains the country`s small coat of arms within its coat of arms. The city received the coat of arms at the same time as it received city rights, in 1573. Thefirst coat of arms depicted a crowned stag head on a raspberry red field; the current coat of arms contains an elk head on a crimson field. Flag The City flag was approved on October 28, 1938. It is devided in two similar parts: dark blue on top and red on bottom. In the center of the flag Jelgava Coat of Arms is placed. 3 About Jelgava In 2012 Jelgava City logo was approved. The logo is made up of a contour of an elk head and the word “Jelgava”. The large antlers symbolize the rich historical experience and value of the city. Jelgava is the only city in Latvia, whose coat of arms also heraldically depicts the small coat of arms of the country, which makes the official symbolism of Jelgava heavy and its use solemn. For everyday use, a lighter and more attractive city logo has been created, which stylizes the elk's head and the name of the city. The large and branched horns of the Jelgava logo elk symbolize the historical value and experience of the city. On March 20th 2012 Jelgava city logo and motto were registered in the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia as the trademark. The greatest value of the city of Jelgava is the people who live, study and work here - for their personal and city growth. Therefore, everyone here has the opportunity to find an area in which he wants to work, gain knowledge and skills, develop professionally and express himself creatively. These are growth opportunities from preschool to seniors. We, inhabitants of Jelgava, are growing together with our city, by giving it our special and invaluable contribution. The joint work of inhabitants is the foundation for a better future and beautiful today. People of Jelgava have achieved stable growth and welfare of the city. 4 City Budget Structure for the implementation of revenues of the general budget of Jelgava city municipality in 2019, euro un % Loans; 18 457 891; 15,71% Finances; 8 463 Income tax; 43 898; 7,20% 522 219; 37,04% Budget department income; 1 867 149; 1,59% Transferts of Local-governance budget; 917 477; 0,78% Real estate tax; 3 899 274; 3,32% Transferts of Gambling tax; 452 Goverment Non-tax revenue; 179; 0,38% budget; 39 370 558 971; 0,48% 284; 33,50% Source: Jelgava City municipality information Structure for the implementation of the general budget expenditure of Jelgava City municipality in 2019, euro un % Local gov.territory Healthcare; Recreation, culture and real estate 340 720; 0,3% and religion; 7 909 management; 442; 7,6% 4 124 432; 4,0% Education; 44 271 531; 42,5% Environment protection; 2 672 652; 2,6% Economic activity; 23 838 772; 22,9% Public order and security; 3 523 917; 3,4% Governance Social affairs; departments; Equity investment; Interest on a loan; 4 385 488; 4,2% 6 570 079; 6,3% 5 312 240; 5,1% 1 271 178; 1,2% Source: Jelgava City municipality information 5 Inhabitants City population of long-term residents of Jelgava at the beginning of the year 80 000 73 45573 71 39971 67 02667 65 51165 64 71664 64 16564 64 08464 63 98563 70 000 95863 63 74363 63 68463 63 35763 63 21963 62 82262 62 40462 60 92360 59 64059 58 28058 57 77357 57 33257 57 18057 57 05357 56 74356 56 38356 56 06256 60 000 97255 50 000 70045 40 000 13135 30 000 21 47921 20 000 10 13010 9 948 9 10 000 0 2020 1857 1914 1992 1996 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 1795 Source:Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia Ethnic makeup at the beginning of 2020, % Poles Germans Estonians Gypsies 1,7% 0,1% 0,7% 0,1% Others Ukrainians 2,0% 2,4% Rusians 25,1% Latvians 61,5% Belarussians 5,0% Lithuanians 1,4% Source:Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia 6 Inhabitants Jelgava population, gender structure 2011 - 2020, % 100 90 80 70 60 54,2 54,4 54,5 54,4 54,4 54,5 54,4 54,5 54,6 54,5 50 45,8 45,6 45,5 45,6 45,6 45,5 45,6 45,5 45,4 45,5 40 30 20 10 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Women Men Source:Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia Jelgava population gender/ age structure on Jan 1, 2020 2214 12 762 3084 11 1516 3418 10 2099 9 4642 4009 8 4221 4020 4521 7 4828 2603 6 2483 1643 5 1638 4 995 928 1761 3 1617 2 1374 1447 2141 1 2275 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Women Men Source: Jelgava City municipality information 7 Inhabitants Jelgava city population shown in under working age, in working age and retired proportion, 2011 - 2020,% 80 70 65,1 64,4 63,6 62,7 61,8 61,1 61,7 61,0 60,7 60,2 60 50 40 30 20,9 19,9 20,5 20,9 21,2 21,5 21,7 20,6 21,1 21,3 17,2 17,7 18,1 18,2 18,4 20 15 15,1 15,5 16,1 16,7 10 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Under working age Working age Retired Source:Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia Dependency ratio1 in Jelgava and Latvia at the beginning of the year Dependency ratio Year Jelgava Latvia 2011 536 558 2012 553 572 2013 571 583 2014 596 598 2015 619 613 2016 637 625 2017 621 608 2018 638 621 2019 648 632 2020 660 643 Source:Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia 1 The total demographic dependency ratio is the ratio of the combined youth population and senior population to the working-age population.