Smiltene
Sign in to saveSmiltene () is a town in the Vidzeme region in northern Latvia, 132 km northeast of the capital Riga, and the administrative centre of Smiltene Municipality. It has a population of 5,536 (2015).
Key facts
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- Coat of Arms of Smiltene.svg
- Settlement.name
- Smiltene
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Flag_of_Smiltene.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Smiltene baptist church.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
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- Country
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- Municipality
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- Smiltene
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1920
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- Latvia
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- above
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- 300
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- Location in Latvia
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Edgars Avotiņš
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of city council members
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Smiltene () is a town in the Vidzeme region in northern Latvia, 132 km northeast of the capital Riga, and the administrative centre of Smiltene Municipality. It has a population of 5,536 (2015).
==Name== Its original name was Smiltesele (the ending probably came from the Russian "selo" - village), later it was called Smilten in German before adding the Latvian ending and thus becoming Smiltene.