Dignaya ( Latvian. Dignāja ) - a village in the Jekabpils region of Latvia , the administrative center of Dignaji parish . It is located on the left bank of the Daugava , 30 km from Jekabpils [1] .
| Village | |
| Digaya | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Dignāja | |
 Lutheran Church | |
| A country |  Latvia |
| Edge | Jekabpils |
| Volost | Dignaya |
| History and Geography | |
| Population | |
| Population | 36 people ( 2009 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | |
According to data from 2009, 36 people lived in the village [2] .
History
Hillfort
In the Middle Ages, approximately on the site of the present village, there was a castle (now the ancient site of Dignaya ).
In Soviet times, the village was the center of the Dignai village council of Jekabpils district . In the village was the central estate of the Dignaya collective farm [1] . A narrow gauge railway line (now dismantled) passed through the village.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Administrative and territorial division of the Latvian SSR 1978 . - Riga: Liesma, 1978. - 137 p. - 8000 copies. (Latvian) (Russian)
- ↑ Database of geographical objects of Latvia (Latvian)