The first attempt to build a gymnasium in Plavinas was in 1910, when teacher Marija Brimmerberga established a school during WWI. After the war, teacher M. Brimmerberga continued her work and in 1918 August private school Stukmaņu Brimmerberga gymnasium opened its doors.

Vecpiebalga Local Municipality (Vecpiebalgas Novads)was established 1th June 2009 by a national reform. The municipality was formed by merging Dzērbene parish, Ineši parish, Kaive parish, Taurene parish and Vecpiebalga parish. The administrative centre of the municipality is Vecpiebalga.

LALRG is an association unifying local and regional governments of the Republic of Latvia on the voluntary basis. It was founded on December 15, 1991. Today, in accordance with the article 96 of the "Law on Local Governments", the LALRG has the authority to represent local and regional governments in the negotiations with the Cabinet of Ministers as the LALRG associates 118 members

Jelgava Local Municipality (Jelgavas Novads) was established 1th June 2009 after a national reform of the regional and local authority structure.