Līvāni is a town

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...

 (population approx. 10,000) in central 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...

. It is situated at the junction of the Dubna

Dubna River (Daugava basin)

Dubna is a river in eastern Latvia, a right tributary of the Daugava. It joins the Daugava in the town of Līvāni....

 and Daugava rivers, approximately 170 kilometers east of Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

, the capital.

In 1980-1990, population of the town was approximately 12,300. Later, people moved to other countries and cities because of unemployment and poverty. Līvāni used to be a large industrial town, however all that is left is a large glass factory "Līvānu stikls" (Glass of Līvāni). Lately the town has been going through a phase of modernisation.