# Pitrags > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pitrags > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pitrags.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitrags > Source revision: 1256652136 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in Latvia}} {{Multiple issues| {{Expand Latvian|Pitrags|date=December 2019}} {{More footnotes needed|date=December 2019}} }} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Pitrags | other_name = | native_name = [Livonian](/source/Livonian_language): ''Pitrõg'' | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | motto = | image_skyline = Pitrago baptistų bažnyčia.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Pitrags Baptist Church | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Latvia | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Latvia | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{LAT}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = [Talsi Municipality](/source/Talsi_Municipality) | subdivision_type2 = Parish | subdivision_name2 = [Kolka Parish](/source/Kolka_Parish) | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1582 | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2015 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 39 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | timezone = [EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time) | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|57|42|15|N|22|23|14|E|region:LV|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 5 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = LV-3275 Kolka | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Pitrags''' ({{langx|liv|Pitrõg}}) is a village situated in [Kolka Parish](/source/Kolka_Parish), [Talsi Municipality](/source/Talsi_Municipality), in the [Courland](/source/Courland) region of [Latvia](/source/Latvia), at the mouth of the river Pitraga. It is one of twelve Livonian villages on the ''{{lang|liv|Līvõd rānda}}'' - the [Livonian Coast](/source/Livonian_Coast). It was founded in the Middle Ages by several brothers who arrived from [Saaremaa](/source/Saaremaa) and settled there. For many years, due to its geographical location on the river, Pitrags was a regional centre of shipbuilding, providing small timber fishing boats for locals and the nearby villages of [Saunags](/source/Saunags) and [Vaide](/source/Vaide). During the Soviet period a large fish-smoking plant was located here (closed down in mid-1990s and now converted into a private residence). There is also a small local church and cemetery. Along the dunes runs the site of a [narrow gauge railway](/source/narrow_gauge_railway), an extension of the military railway built to nearby [Mazirbe](/source/Mazirbe) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I). The railway was decommissioned in the 1960s, several years after a new strategic wide dirt road was built by the Soviet Army (several years ago this road was asphalted using EU funds). On February 4, 1992, the [Latvian government](/source/Government_of_Latvia) created a protected cultural and historic territory called ''[Līvõd Rānda](/source/L%C4%ABv%C3%B5d_R%C4%81nda)'' - the [Livonian Coast](/source/Livonian_Coast) - which includes all 12 of the Livonian villages: [Lūžņa](/source/L%C5%AB%C5%BE%C5%86a) (Livonian: Lūž), [Miķeļtornis](/source/Mi%C4%B7e%C4%BCtornis) (Pizā), [Lielirbe](/source/Lielirbe) (Īra), [Jaunciems](/source/Jaunciems) (Ūžkilā), [Sīkrags](/source/S%C4%ABkrags) (Sīkrõg), [Mazirbe](/source/Mazirbe) (Irē), [Košrags](/source/Ko%C5%A1rags) (Kuoštrõg), [Saunags](/source/Saunags) (Sǟnag), [Vaide](/source/Vaide) (Vaid), [Kolka](/source/Kolka%2C_Latvia) (Kūolka), Pitrags (Pitrõg), and [Melnsils](/source/Melnsils) (Mustānum). The Latvian government discourages settlement of ethnic [Latvians](/source/Latvians) and other non-Livonians in this area and prohibits alterations to historic village sites. Also, it is prohibited for anyone to start a hotel, restaurant, or other public establishment which might adversely influence the Livonian culture or draw outsiders into the area. ==Notable people == Born in Pitrags: *Marija Bertholde-Šaltjāre (1860–1938) — Livonian folklore scholar and presenter ==See also== *[Livonian people](/source/Livonian_people) *[Livonian Coast](/source/Livonian_Coast) ==References== {{reflist}} * [http://vietvardi.lgia.gov.lv/vv/to_www_obj.objekts?p_id=17405&p_back=0** LĢIA vietvārdu datubāze] * [http://www.ziemelkurzeme.lv/galamerki108.html Tūrisms Ziemeļkurzemē: Pitrags] * [https://archive.today/20120804062749/http://www.lbds.lv/pitrags/parmums/pardraudzi/ Pitraga baptistu draudze] {{Livonian villages}} Category:Populated places in Talsi Municipality {{Courland-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pitrags](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitrags) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitrags?action=history)). 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