Kusa, Latvia

Village in Latvia

Kusa

Kusa is a village in the Arona Parish of Madona Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. As of 2008, Kusa had a population of 686. Kusa is situated by the P30 road at the 8th kilometer heading from Madona towards Cēsis.

## History

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Kusa mostly developed from a former manor with few houses into a village under Soviet rule in the 1970s under the guidance of the PMK-19 land improvement brigade (Latvian: Pārvietojamā mehanizatoru kolonna, Mobile Mechanizator Column), which was draining marshes and working on other amelioration tasks for the local Soviet collective farm (kolkhoz). Block houses, a district heating system and paved roads were built. Kusa has a postal office (postal code LV-4847), primary school (Kusas pamatskola) with approximately 250 students, small shops, a hotel, saw mill, car-repair workshops and a gas station.[1]

## References

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1. ^ (in Latvian), Wikipedia in Latvian. "Vietvārdu datubāze". vietvardi.lgia.gov.lv. Retrieved 2023-04-08.

## External links

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* Official website of Kusa Primary School

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