Ane is a large village in
Ozolnieki Municipality,
Latvia. The village is located on the
Lielupe River approximately 38 km from the capital city of
Riga and 7 km from city of
Jelgava. It is known for the amount of clay that is dug up in local lakes. There is a brick factory, which was very prominent during the Soviet era; since the factory was privatised it still produces bricks albeit on a reduced scale. The town was very well known in the Soviet Union due to this. It is sometimes referred to by locals as "Sarkanais mals" literally meaning "Red clay".