Reģi is a village in

Alsunga Parish Alsunga Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Prior to 2009, it was part of the now defunct Kuldīga district Kuldīga () () is a town in the Courland region of Latvia, in ...

Kuldīga Municipality Kuldīga Municipality () is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Ēdole parish, Gudenieki parish, Īvande parish, Kabile parish, Kurmāle parish, Laidi parish, Padure parish, Pelči parish, ...

in the

Courland Courland is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. Courland's largest city is Liepāja, which is the third largest city in Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland as they were ...

region of

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

. On 23 February 2007 a huge fire caused 26 fatalities in Reģi Manor, an institution for mentally disabled near

Alsunga Alsunga (also Alšvanga, ) is a village in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Alsunga is the center of the Suiti, a small Catholic community in the Lutheran western part of Latvia. There are approximately 13 ...

, which was later closed and government took a decision to move the institution to Gudenieki. It was the most fatal fire in the modern history of Latvia.

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Populated places in Kuldīga Municipality Villages in Courland Aizpute county {{Courland-geo-stub