Lejasciems, a village in Gulbene District (Latvian

Republic). From 1721 – part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th and early 20th centuries – in Valkas County. In 1918–40, it was part of the Latvian Republic, and in 1940–91 - part of the Latvian SSR.

The Jewish community in Lejasciems was established in 1867. At that time, a synagogue was built and a cemetery was laid out.

A few years later, the Jews left Lejasciems.

In the 1920s and 1930s, there was one Jew living in Lejasciems.