ÃÂdaà ¾i () (formerly ) is a town in Pierëga, on the left bank of the Gauja river. The town is the administrative center of ÃÂdaà ¾i Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, as well as the extraterritorial seat of its ÃÂdaà ¾i Parish. It is located by the highway A1, 21.6 km from the center of Riga. Latvia's longest river, the Gauja, flows along the ÃÂdaà ¾i River, and its tributary VÃÂjupe divides the town into two parts.
The town is sometimes popularly known due to the nearby Latfood factory producing ÃÂdaà ¾u ÃÂipsi, the best known potato chip brand in Latvia. ÃÂdaà ¾i also has an eponymous wakeboarding club on the Gauja.
ÃÂdaà ¾i has administrative offices, schools (ÃÂdaà ¾i Elementary School, ÃÂdaà ¾i Secondary School, and ÃÂdaà ¾i Free Waldorf School), Kindergarten Strautià Âà ¡, several shops (Maxima, Rimi, Elvi) and service companies.
The castle of Novum Molendinum (Neuermühlen) located in the Bukulti and Baltezers areas, has been documented since at least 1204. Here, the Battle of Neuermühlen took place in 1492. After the battle the Bishop of Riga had to recognize the Teutonic Order as Overlord of Livonia.
The modern town of ÃÂdaà ¾i is formed around the center of the former Gauja Manor (Aahof) or the Gauja-Püava Manor, but the newest part of the village, VÃÂjupe - around the center of the Remberãu Manor (Ringenberg). In the 19th century, it was called ÃÂdaà ¾i-Carnikava Parish.
According to the provisions of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, ÃÂdaà ¾i gained city rights (town status) on 1 July 2022.
The largest military base of the Latvian National Armed Forces â called Camp ÃÂdaà ¾i, Kadaga Military Base or ÃÂdaà ¾i Military Base â is located in the village of Kadaga, across the river from ÃÂdaà ¾i. Although the base itself appeared during the Soviet occupation of Latvia, the ÃÂdaà ¾i Training Area north of the base was first established by the Latvian Armed Forces in 1927.
In September 2016, Latvia's then-Defense Minister Raimonds Bergmanis said that infrastructure at the base was "being constructed and modernized at a fast pace" in preparation for a Canadian-led 1,500 strong multinational NATO battalion expected to deploy to Latvia in the spring of 2017.
ÃÂdaà ¾i's location on the A1 road (Latvia), which is part of Via Baltica's international highway, favors transit and transport industries.