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.