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Riebiņi

Riebiņi (, , , ) is a village in Riebiņi Parish, Preiļi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

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Settlement.official_name: Riebiņi
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Riebiņu baznīca 2001-04-08.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Catholic church in Riebiņi
Settlement.pushpin_map: Latvia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Riebiņi's location in Latvia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Preiļi
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Riebiņi
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2006
Settlement.population_total: 951

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Riebiņi (, , , ) is a village in Riebiņi Parish, Preiļi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

==History== The village was a shtetl, and most of the inhabitants were Jewish. According to the census of 1897, there were 533 Jews living in the village (91% of the total population). In the beginning of the 20th century, many of the Jews left for Israel or the United States, and in 1935, Jews constituted 68% of the total population.