Olaine
Olaine | |
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City | |
 Railway station in Olaine | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Olaine Location in Latvia | |
| Coordinates:56°47′N23°56′E/ 56.783°N 23.933°E | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Municipality | Olaine Municipality |
| Town rights | 1967 |
| Government | |
| •Mayor | Andris Bergs(LSDSP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.84 km2(2.64 sq mi) |
| • Land | 6.70 km2(2.59 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.14 km2(0.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,908 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2(3,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
| Postal code | LV-2114 |
| Calling code | +371 67 |
| Number of city council members | 11 |
| Website | http://www.olaine.lv |
Olaine(;German:Olai) is acityinOlaine Municipalityin theVidzemeregion ofLatvia.Olaine gained town rights in 1967. The population in 2020 was 10,668.[3]
History
[edit]The name comes from theSaint Olaf Church(Swedish:Sankt Olai kyrka), built by theOlainītestream, aMisa rivertributary, under Swedish rule in the 17th century, at a place which is within the village now known asJaunolaine( "New Olaine" ) some two kilometers away from the modern Olaine. An old cemetery remains at this site. After 1868, a railway stop "Olai" (now theJaunolaine Station) was built here on the Riga-Mitauline. After Latvian independence, in 1919 "Olai" was renamed to "Olaine", in line with theLatvianisationof place names all over Latvia.
The history of modern Olaine is associated with the works at nearbypeat bogs,taken into use on an industrial scale in 1939. Thereafter, more production facilities were built, increasing numbers of workers needed accommodation, and the first dwellings were built in what is currently known as Olaine in 1940. As of 2023[update]local peat processing is handled by the "Olaines kūdra" Ltd. ( "Olaine Peat" Ltd.), a private company centrally managed together with 4 other Latvian peat companies by the German company “Kudras Substrates – Peat Moss”.[4][5]
Olaine is home ofOlpha,the second largest pharmaceutical company in Latvia.
Twin towns — sister cities
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Karlskoga,Sweden
Nowa Sarzyna,Poland- Ödeshög,Sweden
Riihimäki,Finland- Vadstena,Sweden
Notable people
[edit]- Rustams Begovs- Latvian hockey player
- Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende- Latvian politician
- Dmitrijs Miļkevičs- Latvian athlete
- Jānis Kuzmins- World champion inslalom skateboarding
Literature
[edit]- Vilīte, Valda: Olaines pagasts (2008)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā".Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia.Retrieved31 July2024.
- ^"Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)".Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia.Retrieved19 June2024.
- ^"ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county".Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01.Retrieved2021-02-12.
- ^Olaines kūdras fabrika. Būvniecības izstrādājumu ražošana
- ^Management,“Kudras Substrates – Peat Moss”
- ^"Olaines novada – Attīstības programma 2014. – 2020. gadam"(PDF).olaine.lv(in Latvian). Olaine. p. 63.Retrieved2019-08-31.
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