Mazsalaca

Also known as Salisburg

Mazsalaca (; , , ) is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It has 1269 inhabitants. The town is also the extraterritorial center of Mazsalaca Parish.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Mazsalaca
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_shield: Mazsalaca COA.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Baznīcas iela (Mazsalaca).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Baznīcas Street in Mazsalaca
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Valmiera Municipality
Settlement.established_title: Town rights
Settlement.established_date: 1928
Settlement.pushpin_map: Latvia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom

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Mazsalaca (; , , ) is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It has 1269 inhabitants. The town is also the extraterritorial center of Mazsalaca Parish.

==History== 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.