Sloka | |
Settlement Type: | neighbourhood |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Latvia |
Subdivision Type1: | City |
Subdivision Name1: | Jūrmala |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1255 |
Established Title1: | Town rights |
Established Date1: | 1785 |
Established Title2: | City rights |
Established Date2: | 1878 |
Established Title3: | Included in Jūrmala |
Established Date3: | 1959 |
Area Total Km2: | 4.8 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 6013 |
Population Density Km2: | 1252.7 |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Sloka is a residential area and neighbourhood of the city Jūrmala, Latvia.
Sloka is first mentioned in historical records in 1255 under the names Slock and Schlocken. It developed as a fishing village at the river Slocene under the Livonian Order. During the 17th century the Duke of Courland established lime kilns, copper furnaces and a foundry in Sloka. As part of Courland, the village became Lutheran and the first church was built in 1567. The Sloka railway station was established in 1877.Under Russian law, Sloka gained town rights in 1878. It existed as a separate town until 1959 when it was merged with Ķemeri and the Riga district of Jūrmala to form the City of Jūrmala.[2]