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Also known as Lūž, Lūžkilā

Lūžņa (Livonian: Lūžkilā) is a populated place in Tārgale parish, Ventspils municipality, Latvia, one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian coast. Lūžņa was a long fishing hamlet at the coast of the Baltic Sea about 30 kilometers from Ventspils in the direction of Kolka. During the time of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, a military base was located not far from Lūžņa forcing the inhabitants to move elsewhere. At the beginning of the 21st century, only a few houses and their inhabitants are left along with a fairly wellkept cemetery.

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Settlement.official_name
Lūžņa
Settlement.native_name
Livonian: Lūžkilā
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Lūžņa.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Latvia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Latvia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Ventspils municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Tārgale parish
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2015
Settlement.population_total
3
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.timezone_DST
EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+3

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Population
2
Elevation
3
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Lūžņa.jpg
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Lūžņa
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Lūžņa (Livonian: Lūžkilā) is a populated place in Tārgale parish, Ventspils municipality, Latvia, one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian coast. Lūžņa was a long fishing hamlet at the coast of the Baltic Sea about 30 kilometers from Ventspils in the direction of Kolka. During the time of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, a military base was located not far from Lūžņa forcing the inhabitants to move elsewhere. At the beginning of the 21st century, only a few houses and their inhabitants are left along with a fairly wellkept cemetery.

The Livonian people called this settlement Lūžkilā which is probably derived from the river Lūžupe along whose banks people had settled. The settlement long ago had a church but there is no record of how and when it was destroyed.

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