Mazsalaca


Mazsalaca is a town in Mazsalaca municipality, Vidzeme, Latvia with 1269 inhabitants.

Geography

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.
In October 2009 a meteorite crater was found near the town, which later turned out to be hoax as part of marketing campaign of telecommunication company Tele2.

People

People who were born, lived in Mazsalaca: