BRUNAVA, rural settlement in Bauska District (Republic of Latvia).
From 1795, part of the Russian Empire as an estate (māja) in Bauska County, Courland Governorate.
From 1918 to 1921 — part of the Republic of Lithuania; from 1921 to 1940 — Republic of Latvia; from 1940 to 1991 — Latvian SSR.
In the 1920s–30s, 14 Jews lived in Brunava (16% of the population).
Jews had resided in Brunava since the 1860s.
A synagogue was active from the 1910s.
In 1925, the local authorities confiscated the synagogue building and repurposed it as a school.
The Jewish community was annihilated in July 1941.