Vilkupe
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village
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in
Aknīste Parish,
Jēkabpils Municipality
Jēkabpils Municipality () is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Ābeļi Parish, Dignāja Parish, Dunava Parish, Kalna Parish, Leimaņi Parish, Rubene Parish and Zasa Parish. During the Adm ...
in the
Selonia
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region of
Latvia
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. Vilkupe borders Gārsene (
Gārsene Manor), Asere (
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), and Susēja. The village center is located in the Suseja river valley. Road V822 connects village to it neighbors.
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Three rivers flow through the village, the , and . Also, there are two lakes, Vilkupe (Zuju) lake and Mežezers (Forest lake).
There are about 80 residents of the village, but their number is decreasing every year. The village has about 27 houses, of which people live in only 17.
Tourist attractions
Three old inns are located in Vilkupe, Vārpu Krogs, the Velna Krogs (''Devil's Inn'') and Skursteņkrogs. Ancient water mill sluice wall fragments of an old stone bridge over the river Dobe, Eglona-Susēja canal built during the reign of Duke Jacob
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, milk processing plant and a sovkhoz
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It is usually contrasted w ...
(state farm) which nowadays is abandoned.
References
External links
Villages in Selonia
Populated places in Jēkabpils Municipality
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