Staicele
| Staicele ( German : Staizel) | |||
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 Latvia
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| Landscape: | Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Alojas novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 57 ° 50 ' N , 24 ° 45' E | ||
| Residents : | 1,025 | ||
| Area : | 258.23 km² | ||
| Population density : | 4 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| City law: | since 1992 | ||
| Website: | www.staicele.lv | ||
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Staicele (German Staizel ) is a small town in northern Latvia . The place was founded in 1864 and was granted city rights in 1992.
history
The village came into being after a bridge was built over the Salaca there in 1887 and a paper mill opened 10 years later. In 2016, 1025 inhabitants were registered.
Town twinning
The city is a member of a European Association of Stork Cities (ESCO), founded in 2001, whose members all have a stork in their city arms . Members are:
- Dēmene , Latvia
- Komárovce , Slovakia
- Luka nad Jihlavou , Czech Republic
- Busk , Ukraine
- Stolin , Belarus
- Storkow (Mark) , Germany
- Ramygala , Lithuania
See also
literature
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
Web links
Commons : Staicele - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ paper newspaper. Trade journal for paper and stationery trade and manufacture , vol. 42 (1917), p. 1445.
- ↑ «Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā"