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Strenči

Strenči (pronounced ; ) is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located about northeast of Riga, about northeast of Valmiera and about southwest of Valka.

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Settlement.name: Strenči
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_shield: Strenci COA.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Strenči mental hospital.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 200px
Settlement.image_caption: Strenči Psychoneurological Hospital
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Valmiera Municipality
Settlement.established_title: Town rights
Settlement.established_date: 1928
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: Velga Graumane
Settlement.elevation_m: 45

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Strenči (pronounced ; ) is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located about northeast of Riga, about northeast of Valmiera and about southwest of Valka.

Strenči is known as the raftsmen capital of Latvia, due to the town's location on the Gauja river and historical role in timber rafting. However it is also widely known in Latvia for its psychiatric hospital, "Strenču psihoneiroloģiskā slimnīca, VSIA" which was built in 1907 on the initiative of the Livonian Knighthood.