Seda, Latvia
Seda (
pronunciation ) is a town in Latvia founded in 1952. The major local industry is extraction of peat. The town is remarkable for its 1950s-style Stalinist architecture, dating from the glory days of Seda, when workers from all over the Soviet Union came to work for the peat extraction enterprise.
Seda | |
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Town | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Seda Location in Latvia | |
| Coordinates: 57°38′N 25°45′E | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Municipality | Strenči municipality |
| Town rights | 1991 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,744 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | LV-4728 |
| Calling code | +371 647 |
| Website | http://www.valka.lv/?id=96 |
Joint stock company "Seda" is still a major employer.
The town and its people were the subject of the documentary film Seda: People of the Marsh (Latvian: Seda. Purva ļaudis; director Kaspars Goba; Latvia/Germany, 2004).
Gallery
Recreation centre in Seda
Russian Orthodox church in Seda
Seda Secondary School
External links
Media related to Seda at Wikimedia Commons
Seda (Latvia) travel guide from Wikivoyage- Website of JSC "Seda"
See also
- List of cities in Latvia
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