Skaista ( Latvian. Skaista ) is a settlement in the Kraslava region of Latvia , the administrative center of the Skaist parish . Located at the regional highway P61 ( Kraslava - Dagda ). The city of Kraslava is about 21 km away [1] .
| Village | |
| Skysta | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Skaista | |
 School | |
| A country |  Latvia |
| Edge | Kraslava region |
| Volost | Skaist parish |
| History and Geography | |
| Former names | Gabie |
| Center height | |
| Population | |
| Population | 200 people ( 2015 ) |
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According to data for 2015, 200 people lived in the village [2] . There is a rural municipality administration, elementary school, community center, library, post office, feldsher and midwife center, and the Catholic Church [3] .
6 km to the south-west there is a railway station of the same name on the Daugavpils-Indra line .
History
In Soviet times, the settlement was called Gabi and was the center of the Skaist village council of the Kraslavsky district . The central estate of the Borets collective farm was located in the village [1] .
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)
- ↑ Latvijas pagasti. Enciklopēdija. Riga: A / S Preses nams. 2001-2002. ISBN 9984-00-412-0 .