This article is about the village in Latvia; for other uses of term Ane, see Ane

Ane

Ane or ANE may refer to:* Āne, a village near the city Jelgava, Latvia* Ane, Netherlands, a village in Overijssel, Netherlands, also** Battle of Ane , a battle fought near the village* -ane, a suffix in organic chemistry, or specifically...

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Āne is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in 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...

, Ozolnieki municipality

Ozolnieki municipality

Ozolnieki municipality is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2003 by merging Ozolnieki parish and Cena parish; the administrative centre being Ozolnieki. In 2009 municipality absorbed Sidrabene parish, too.- Geography :...

. The village located at Lielupe river

Lielupe

The Lielupe is a river in central Latvia. Its length is 119 km . The surface area of its basin is 17,600 km²...

 approximately 38 km from the capital 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,...

 and 7 km from city

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 Jelgava

Jelgava

-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...

. It is known for the amount of clay that is dug up local lakes. In fact there is a factory which makes bricks from clay. It was very well known in the Soviet Union due to that. It sometimes referred to by locals as "Sarkanais mals" literally meaning "Red clay".