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Ludza
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Ludza (; , , , , Ludza) is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre of Ludza Municipality that is located nearby the Russian border. The population as of 2020 was 7,667.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ludza
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ludza COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ludza 2012. gads.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ludza skyline
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ludza Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1177
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Edgars Mekšs
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of Municipality council members
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Russian Empire
- Latvia
- Tourism
- Transport
- Roads
- Railway
- Education
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Born in Ludza
- Twinning and international cooperation
- See also
- References
- External links
Ludza (; , , , , Ludza) is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre of Ludza Municipality that is located nearby the Russian border. The population as of 2020 was 7,667.
==History== thumb|Painting of Ludza Castle ruins by [[Napoleon Orda.]] After Nikolay Karamzin, Ludza was first mentioned as Лючин in Hypatian Codex dating back to 1173 or 1177. In 1399 the Livonian Order built a stone fortress atop an older Latgalian fortress and used Ludza as an eastern outpost in Livonia. Ludza Castle ruins can be visited nowadays.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ludza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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