Vecumnieki is 51 km southeast of Riga city center.

[1] Buses from Riga to Skaistkalne, Ilūkste and Nereta stop at Vecumnieki.

In 17th and 18th centuries early smelt iron furnaces were operating here.

[2] In 1925, Vecmuiža was granted the status of densely populated areas (village).

The small Vecumnieki Parish Museum is dedicated to scientist, historian and diplomat Arnolds Spekke and local history.