Seda () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Valmiera Municipality in the
Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in ...
region of Latvia. It is founded in 1952. The major local industry is extraction of
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficient ...
. The town is remarkable for its 1950s-style
Stalinist architecture, dating from the glory days of Seda, when workers from all over the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
came to work for the peat extraction enterprise.
Joint stock company "Seda" is still a major employer.
The town and its people were the subject of the documentary film ''Seda: People of the Marsh'' ( lv, Seda. Purva ļaudis; director
Kaspars Goba; Latvia/Germany, 2004).
Gallery
File:Sedas kultūras nams.jpg, Recreation centre in Seda
File:Seda - church.JPG, Russian Orthodox church in Seda
Seda - škola.JPG, Seda Secondary School
See also
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List of cities in Latvia
References
External links
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Website of JSC "Seda"
Towns in Latvia
Populated places established in 1952
1952 establishments in the Soviet Union
Valmiera Municipality
Kreis Walk
Vidzeme
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