Mazsalaca

Town

Street in Mazsalaca

Coat of arms

Mazsalaca

Location in Latvia

Coordinates: 57°52′N 25°03′E / 57.867°N 25.050°ECoordinates: 57°52′N 25°03′E / 57.867°N 25.050°E

Country

Latvia

District

Mazsalaca municipality

Town rights

1928

Population

• Total

1,269

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal code

LV-4215

Calling code

+371 642

Number of city council members

Mazsalaca (pronounced [ˈmɑsːɑlɑtsɑ] ( listen); Livonian: Piški Salats, Estonian: Väike-Salatsi, German: Salisburg) is a town in Mazsalaca municipality, Vidzeme, Latvia with 1269 inhabitants.

The area includes the largest known Stone Age burial site in Northern Europe and was first settled ca. 5000 BC. The present town began to develop in 1864, when a bridge over the Salaca river was constructed.

In October 2009 a meteorite crater was found near the town, which later turned out to be hoax as part of marketing campaign of telecommunication company Tele2.

People who were born, lived in Mazsalaca:

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