Ķekava

Ķekava (historical German: Keckau) is a town in central Latvia. It is the centre of Ķekava Municipality. Ķekava is situated 17 kilometres south of Riga's city centre.

This article is about town. For floorball club, see Ķekava (floorball club).
Ķekava
Town
Ķekava (Dole) Lutheran church
Ķekava (Dole) Lutheran church
Coat of arms of Ķekava
Coat of arms
Ķekava is located in Latvia
Ķekava
Ķekava
Coordinates: 56°50′N 24°14′E
CountryLatvia
MunicipalityĶekava Municipality
First mentioned1435
City rights1 July 2022
Area
 • Total7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total5,446
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Callcode67
Websitehttp://www.kekava.lv

After the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, Ķekava gained city rights (town status) on 1 July 2022.[2][3] Ķekava is on small river Ķekaviņa near river Daugava. Reservoir of Riga hydroelectric power station on Daugava is to north-east from the town.

Ķekava was a small village until 1970s (with population of 333 people in 1967).[4] After, a new chicken meat factory (Ķekavas putnu fabrika) was built and the workers village increased population.

Roads

Roads from Ķekava: Riga—Warsaw (A7), Riga beltway (A5), Ķekava-Plakanciems (V6), Ķekava bypass road (not ended yet).

Sightseeing
  • Local History Museum of Ķekava
  • Ķekava (Dole) Lutheran Church
  • Lutheran church in Odukalns
  • World War I cemetery at Truseļi
  • Chicken meat factory
    Chicken meat factory
  • River Ķekaviņa
    River Ķekaviņa
  • In church
    In church

References
  1. Latvian Geospatial Information Agency
  2. "Three more Latvian settlements become official 'cities'". eng.Lsm.lv. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  3. Law of administrative territories (in Latvian)
  4. Little Latvian Encyclopedia, 1969

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