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Strazde | |
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Village | |
 Entrance to Strazde from the Jaunpagasts side | |
  Strazde Location within Latvia | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Municipality | Talsi Municipality |
| Parish | Strazde Parish |
| First mentioned | 1253 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.21 km2 (0.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 131 |
| Postal code | LV-3291 Strazde |
Strazde is a village in the Strazde Parish of Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It is the center of the parish. The village is located near the A10 road, 20 km from the municipal center of Talsi and 99 km from Riga.
Strazde has a parish administration, a shop, a post office, a library, and a leisure center. The local architectural monument is the manor complex with a park.
History
[edit]Strazde (Villa Stratzen) was first mentioned in historical sources in 1253[2] or 1291,[3] where 14 ploughs of land were owned by Herman Toran as a fief of the order. In 1324, the village was mentioned as Strassze, and in 1352 as Stradze.[4]
The village developed around the center of the former Groß-Strasden Manor. From 1918 to 1974 and after 1992, it was the center of the parish (village council).[3]
Demographics
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[edit]Within its current boundaries, based on data from CSP and OSP.[5]
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References
[edit]- ↑ LĢIA place names database
- ↑ "Pilis.lv Strazde Manor". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- 1 2 "Strazdes pagasts". www.talsunovads.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2011-10-22. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ↑ "Strazde Parish territory plan. Explanatory note" (PDF). talsi.case.lv. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ↑ OSP
57°07′49″N 22°43′29″E / 57.13028°N 22.72472°E
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