Saldus
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 12,100 residents
- Description: city in Latvia
- Also known as: “Frauenburg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saldus pilskalns and Saldus Station.
Saldus pilskalns
Archaeological site
Photo: Gatisvil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saldus pilskalns is an archaeological site.
Saldus Station
Railway station
Photo: ScAvenger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saldus Station is a railway station on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway. Saldus Station is situated 2½ km northwest of Saldus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Druva and Brocēni.
Brocēni
Town
Photo: mikroskops, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 5 km northeast of Saldus.
Sesile
Village
Photo: BirdsEyeLV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sesile is a village, which is situated 7 km west of Saldus.
Saldus
- Categories: city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia and locality
- Location: Saldus, Saldus Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.66593° or 56° 39′ 57″ northLongitude
22.49362° or 22° 29′ 37″ eastPopulation
12,100Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)United Nations Location Code
LV SDSOpen location code
9G84MF8V+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 27157270OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Volapük—“Saldus” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Saldus”
- Arabic: “سالدوس”
- Armenian: “Սալդուս”
- Basque: “Frauenburg”
- Basque: “Saldus”
- Belarusian: “Салдус”
- Bulgarian: “Салдус”
- Catalan: “Frauenburg”
- Catalan: “Saldus”
- Cebuano: “Saldus”
- Chinese: “萨尔杜斯”
- Chinese: “薩爾杜斯”
- Croatian: “Saldus”
- Czech: “Saldus”
- Danish: “Saldus”
- Dutch: “Frauenburg”
- Dutch: “Saldus”
- Esperanto: “Frauenburg”
- Esperanto: “Saldus novads”
- Esperanto: “Saldus”
- Estonian: “Saldus”
- Finnish: “Saldus”
- French: “Frauenburg”
- French: “Saldus”
- German: “Frauenburg”
- German: “Saldus novads”
- German: “Saldus”
- Hebrew: “סאלדוס”
- Hungarian: “Saldus”
- Italian: “Frauenburg”
- Italian: “Saldus”
- Japanese: “サルダス”
- Japanese: “サルドゥス”
- Kazakh: “Saldws”
- Kazakh: “Салдус”
- Kazakh: “سالدۋس”
- Korean: “살두스”
- Latgalian: “Saldus”
- Latvian: “Saldus”
- Lithuanian: “Saldus”
- Moksha: “Салдус”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saldus”
- Norwegian: “Saldus”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Frauenburg”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Saldus”
- Panjabi: “ਸਾਲਦੁਸ”
- Persian: “سالدوس”
- Polish: “Saldus”
- Russian: “Салдус”
- Russian: “Фрауэнбург”
- Samogitian: “Saldos”
- Serbian: “Saldus”
- Serbian: “Салдус”
- Spanish: “Frauenburg”
- Spanish: “Saldus”
- Swedish: “Saldus”
- Turkish: “Saldus”
- Ukrainian: “Салдус”
- Upper Sorbian: “Frauenburg”
- Upper Sorbian: “Saldus”
- Volapük: “Saldus”
- “Saldos”
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