CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Laža Parish

parish of Latvia in South Kurzeme Municipality

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ4252748 ↗
Source-derived summary

Laža Parish (Latvian: Lažas pagasts) is an administrative unit of South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia. The parish has a population of 662 (as of 1/07/2010) and covers an area of 160.1 km2.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Laža Parish” as parish of Latvia in South Kurzeme Municipality. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Laža, Parish and parish can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as parish of Latvia in South Kurzeme Municipality. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4252748. Authority coordinates are 56.799, 21.526. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2010.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Laža Parish”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Laža Parish primary sources, Laža Parish archive and Laža research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Laža Parish”?
  2. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
  3. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Laža Parish” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.