Plācis
Plācis is a village in Straupes pagasts, Cēsis Municipality and has about 179 residents. Plācis is situated nearby to the village Stalbe, as well as near the hamlet Mazstraupe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lielstraupe Castle and Riebiņu Lake.
Lielstraupe Castle
Photo: Juriskraulis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lielstraupe Castle is a castle in Straupe Parish, Cēsis Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It was originally built by the von Rosen family in the 13th century and the village of Straupe began to develop around the castle in the 14th century, a large tower was added around 1600 and expropriated soon after. Lielstraupe Castle is situated 2½ km southwest of Plācis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Straupe and Stalbe.
Straupe
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Straupe is a 14th-century village in the Latvian region of Vidzeme. It is best known for the two Livonian castles – the largest fort of the Livonians was also around here.
Stalbe
Village
Stalbe is a village in the Stalbe Parish of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Stalbe is situated 3½ km east of Plācis.
Plācis
- Type: Village with 179 residents
- Also known as: “Plačakrogs”, “Placi”, and “Platsis”
- Categories: village in Latvia, average-size village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Straupes pagasts, Cēsis Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.36281° or 57° 21′ 46″ northLongitude
24.97935° or 24° 58′ 46″ eastPopulation
179Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
9G969X7H+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 26804660OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
456666Wikidata ID
Q15219539
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Plācis” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Plācis”
- Estonian: “Plācis”
- Latvian: “Plācis”
- Russian: “Плацис”
- Turkish: “Placis”
- Turkish: “Plācis”
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