Seda, Latvia Explained

Seda
Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Latvia
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1:Valmiera Municipality
Established Title:Town rights
Established Date:1991
Pushpin Map:Latvia
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Latvia
Coordinates:57.6333°N 70°W
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:LV-4728
Area Code Type:Calling code
Area Code:+371 647
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Website:http://www.valka.lv/?id=96

Seda is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is founded in 1952. The major local industry is extraction of peat. The town is remarkable for its 1950s-style Stalinist architecture, dating from the glory days of Seda, when workers from all over the Soviet Union 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 (Latvian: Seda. Purva ļaudis; director Kaspars Goba; Latvia/Germany, 2004).

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