Līksna

Also known as Lixna

Līksna (, , ) is a village in Līksna Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Līksna
Settlement.other_name: Leiksna
Settlement.pushpin_map: Latvia
Settlement.mapsize: 200px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Latvia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Augšdaugava Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Līksna Parish
Settlement.image_skyline: Līksnas Romas katoļu draudzes Vissvētākās Jēzus sirds baznīca - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Catholic church in Līksna
Settlement.population_as_of: 2009
Settlement.population_total: 248
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Līksna (, , ) is a village in Līksna Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

It is the birthplace of Edward Ropp, a Roman Catholic bishop in Tiraspol, Vilnius and Mogilev. It was also the place Polish-Lithuanian hero, Countess Emilia Plater, was raised in.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Līksna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.