Liepupe
Liepupe | |
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village | |
 Liepupe manor house | |
  Liepupe | |
| Coordinates: 57°27′48″N 24°28′16″E / 57.46333°N 24.47111°E | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Municipality | Limbaži Municipality |
| Parish | Liepupe Parish |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 326 |
Liepupe is a village in Latvia, in the Liepupe parish of Limbaži Municipality. The village is located 5 km from the Baltic Sea coast Metsepole Plain and Seaside Lowlands. The name of the village and the river Liepupe flowing through it comes from the Latvianized ancient Livs name Pernigele ( pārn - linden tree, joug - river; respectively liepa + upe),[2] (which is also a cognate of "Pärnu River": Estonian: Pärnu jõgi).
History
[edit]The village was founded in the 17th century next to the Liepupe estate. Liepupe Manor, built in 1751, is one of the best preserved baroque manors in Vidzeme.
Culture
[edit]The Baltic Acoustic Music Festival, the Silver Gull, is being held in Liepupe since 2012. Liepupe has a library. Liepupe village church is located in Jelgavkrasti village.
References
[edit]- ^ (in Latvian) LĢIA vietvārdu datubāze
- ^ Liepupes pagasta pārvalde
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