Pope ( Latvian: Pope ) is a settlement in the Ventspils region of Latvia . The administrative center of Popsky volost . Located on the A10 (E22) highway. The distance to the city of Ventspils is about 20 km [1] . According to data for 2015, 598 people lived in the village [2] . There is a volost administration, an elementary school, a kindergarten, a culture house, a library, a museum, a post office, a feldsher point, a hotel, a Lutheran church, a cemetery.
| Village | |
| Pope | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Pope | |
 Manor Pope | |
| A country |  Latvia |
| Edge | Ventspils region |
| Volost | Popsky parish |
| History and Geography | |
| Center height | |
| Population | |
| Population | 598 people ( 2015 ) |
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History
First mentioned in 1231. In the XVII century a manor was built here (later rebuilt) [3] .
In Soviet times, the village was the center of the Popsky Village Council of Ventspils District . In the village was the collective farm "Sarkana Bulta" [1] .
Lutheran Church
Former train station
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Administrative and territorial division of the Latvian SSR 1978 . - Riga: Liesma, 1978. - 137 p. - 8000 copies. (Latvian) (Russian)
- ↑ Vietvārdu datubāze
- ↑ Pilis.lv Popes muiža (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 3, 2016. Archived on September 14, 2016.