Official Name: | Lielirbe |
Native Name: | Livonian Īra |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Latvia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Latvia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Ventspils Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Tārgale Parish |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1387 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 4 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 57.6189°N 22.1067°W |
Elevation M: | 4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Lielirbe (Livonian: Īra) is a populated place in Tārgale Parish, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on Līvõd rānda - the Livonian Coast. The name from Latvian translates to 'Great Irbe (River)', since the Irbe flows in to the Baltic Sea at the village.
Most homes in the village are not inhabited year-round after the Livonian Coast was made into a closed border area of the Iron Curtain for fifty years during the Soviet occupation of Latvia.
Born in Lielirbe: