Strenči (pronounced ; german: Stackeln) 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 located about northeast of
Riga, about northeast of
Valmiera
Valmiera (; german: link=no, Wolmar; pl, Wolmar see other names) is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of . As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2020 – 24 879. It is a state cit ...
and about southwest of
Valka
Valka (; german: Walk) is a town and municipality in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia along both banks of the river Pedele.
Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "O ...
.
Strenči is known as the
raftsmen capital of Latvia, due to the town's location on the
Gauja
The Gauja River ( et, Koiva jõgi, german: Livländische Aa) is a river in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the only large river of Latvia that begins and ends its flow in Latvia. Its length is 460 km, of which 93.5 km (approxim ...
river and historical role in timber rafting.
Strenči is bordered by
North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve.
Twin towns — sister cities
Strenči is
twinned with:
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Lainate, Italy
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Rimóc, Hungary
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Rosice
Rosice (; german: Rossitz) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants.
Geography
Rosice is located about southwest of Brno. It lies in the Boskovice Furrow. The Bobrava ...
, Czech Republic
*
Sayda, Germany
See also
*
List of cities in Latvia
References
Towns in Latvia
1928 establishments in Latvia
Populated places established in 1928
Valmiera Municipality
Kreis Walk
Vidzeme
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