Reģi Explained

Reģi is a village in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia.[1]

On 23 February 2007 a huge fire caused 26 fatalities in Reģi Manor, an institution for mentally disabled near Alsunga, 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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56.9958°N 21.6214°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alsungas pagasts - Par Alsungu . Alsunga Municipality . Latvian . 2010-09-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100804202342/http://www.alsunga.lv/content/view/67/104/ . 2010-08-04 .