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Staicele

Staicele (; ; ) is a town in Limbaži Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the birthplace of Latvian conductor Jānis Zirnis.

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Settlement.name: Staicele
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_shield: Staicele COA.svg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Staicele.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Staicele, Staiceles pilsēta, LV-4043, Latvia - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Street in the Staicele
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Latvia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Limbaži Municipality
Settlement.established_title: Town rights
Settlement.established_date: 1992
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.blank_name_sec1: Number of city council members

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Staicele (; ; ) is a town in Limbaži Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the birthplace of Latvian conductor Jānis Zirnis.

The area of Staicele has been inhabited only since the 19th century when a tavern and ferryman's house on the banks of Salaca river are mentioned. In 1887 the owners of Rozēni and Ungura manors built a bridge over Salaca in that place. In 1897 a paper mill was built and a larger settlement started to grow around it. In 1913 a narrow gauge railway line was built to the factory.