Saulkalne
Saulkalne is a village in Salaspils pagasts, Salaspils Municipality and has about 1,240 residents. Saulkalne is situated nearby to the village Saulesdārzs, as well as near the hamlet Gausiņi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Saulkalne Station and Mūku kalns.
Saulkalne Station
Railway stop
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Saulkalne Station is a railway station on the Riga–Daugavpils Railway.
Mūku kalns
Archaeological site
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Mūku kalns is an archaeological site.
Daugmale hill fort
Archaeological site
Daugmale hill fort is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Saulkalne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ikšķile and Salaspils.
Ikšķile
Town
Photo: Dāvis Kļaviņš, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ikšķile is a town in Ogre Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It was the first capital of the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Livonia, known by the German name of Üxküll. Ikšķile is situated 4 km east of Saulkalne.
Salaspils
Town
Salaspils is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the administrative centre of Salaspils Municipality. The town is situated on the northern bank of the Daugava river, 18 kilometers to the south-east of the city of Riga. Salaspils is situated 5 km west of Saulkalne.
Salaspils
Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Salaspils concentration camp memorial complex is in the Riga region, about 15 km southeast of Riga and is a memorial for the people who died there during the Nazi regime in Latvia.
Saulkalne
- Type: Village with 1,240 residents
- Description: village in Salaspils municipality, Latvia
- Categories: village in Latvia, large village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Salaspils pagasts, Salaspils Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.84531° or 56° 50′ 43″ northLongitude
24.43655° or 24° 26′ 12″ eastPopulation
1,240Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
9G86RCWP+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 736804562OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
455814Wikidata ID
Q15219723
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Saulkalne” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “绍尔卡尔内”
- Dutch: “Saulkalne”
- Estonian: “Saulkalne”
- Latvian: “Saulkalne”
- Russian: “Саулкалне”
- Turkish: “Saulkalne”
- Ukrainian: “Саулкалне”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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