Broceni
Encyclopedia
Brocēni is a town
in southern Latvia
along the river Ciecere in the Brocēni municipality
. The town is near lake Ciecere, which contains a large deposit of limestone
, which is used in the manufacture of cement
. During the Second World War, a cement and slate factory was built in the town. It is also home to the Starts Brocēni
football
club.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in southern Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
along the river Ciecere in the Brocēni municipality
Brocēni municipality
Brocēni municipality is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging Blīdene parish, Remte parish and Brocēni town with its countryside territory the administrative centre being Brocēni. In 2009 the municipality absorbed Gaiķi parish, too.- References :...
. The town is near lake Ciecere, which contains a large deposit of limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
, which is used in the manufacture of cement
Cement
In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...
. During the Second World War, a cement and slate factory was built in the town. It is also home to the Starts Brocēni
Starts Broceni
Starts Brocēni is a Latvian football club. Currently it plays in the 2nd Latvian league under the name Saldus FK/Brocēni . It was one of the leading Latvian clubs in 1960s-1970s.-CSK Brocēni:...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club.