Seda () is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Valmiera Municipality
Valmiera Municipality () is one of the 35 Municipalities of Latvia, municipalities established in Latvia in 2021, located approximately west of the national capital Riga. Its first elected municipal council took office on 1 July 2021. Its seat i ...
in the
Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', ) 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 north-centra ...
region of Latvia. It is founded in 1952. The major local industry is extraction of
peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...
. The town is remarkable for its 1950s-style
Stalinist architecture
Stalinist architecture (), mostly known in the former Eastern Bloc as Stalinist style or socialist classicism, is the architecture of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, between 1933 (when Boris Iofan's draft for the Palace o ...
, dating from the glory days of Seda, when workers from all over the
Soviet Union
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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'' (; director
Kaspars Goba
Kaspars is a Latvian language, Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate to the German name Kaspar and English name Casper (given name), Casper and may refer to:
*Kaspars Astašenko (born 1975), Latvian ice hockey player
*Kaspars Bērziņš (b ...
; 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
There are 10 cities (, "state city", ) and 71 towns (, "municipality town", ) in Latvia.
By Latvian law, towns are settlements that are centers of culture and commerce with a well-developed architectural infrastructure and street grid, and have ...
References
External links
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Website of JSC "Seda"
Cities and towns in Vidzeme
Populated places established in 1952
1952 establishments in the Soviet Union
Populated places in Valmiera Municipality
Valka county
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