Saldus Municipality
Saldus Municipality is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2021 by merging the former Saldus Municipality and Brocēni Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: municipality of Latvia with 27,100 residents
- Description: municipality of Latvia from 1 July 2021
- Also known as: “Saldus Rajons” and “Saldusskiy Rayon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saldus Station and Saldus pilskalns.
Saldus Station
Railway station
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Saldus Station is a railway station on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway.
Saldus pilskalns
Archaeological site
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Saldus pilskalns is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saldus and Brocēni.
Saldus
Town
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Saldus is a Latvian town located in Courland region of Latvia, and the largest town in Saldus Municipality. The name Saldus has been noted in historical sources as far back as the mid-13th century, but the founding year for the establishment of the town is considered to be 1856, with the settlement gaining town rights in 1917.
Brocēni
Town
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Brocēni is a town in Saldus Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The town is situated along the river Ciecere, near lake Cieceres, which contains a large deposit of limestone that is used in the manufacturing of cement. Brocēni is situated 4½ km northeast of Saldus Municipality.
Saldus Municipality
- Location: Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Saldus Municipality” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلدية سالدوس”
- Armenian: “Սալդուսի շրջան”
- Basque: “Saldus udalerria”
- Belarusian: “Салдускі край”
- Catalan: “municipi de Saldus”
- Catalan: “Municipi de Saldus”
- Cebuano: “Saldus Municipality”
- Chinese: “Saldus Chū-tī-thé”
- Chinese: “薩爾杜斯市鎮”
- Dutch: “Saldus novads”
- Esperanto: “municipo Saldus”
- Esperanto: “Municipo Saldus”
- Estonian: “Salduse piirkond”
- French: “Saldus”
- Galician: “concello de Saldus”
- Galician: “Municipio de Saldus”
- Georgian: “სალდუსის მხარე”
- German: “Bezirksgemeinde Saldus”
- Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Saldus”
- Italian: “Municipalità di Saldus”
- Italian: “Saldus”
- Japanese: “サルドゥス市”
- Korean: “살두스시”
- Latvian: “Saldus novads”
- Lithuanian: “Saldaus savivaldybė”
- Macedonian: “Салдус (општина)”
- Macedonian: “Салдус”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Saldus Chū-tī-thé”
- Northern Frisian: “Saldus novads”
- Persian: “شهرداری سالدوس”
- Polish: “Gmina Saldus”
- Polish: “Saldus”
- Russian: “Салдусский край”
- Spanish: “municipio de Saldus”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Saldus”
- Swedish: “Saldus kommun”
- Ukrainian: “Салдуський край”
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