Saldus
Saldus is a Latvian town and the center of Saldus Municipality, located in the Courland region. 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.
- Town with about 9,490 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (310 feet)
- …is also known as “Frauenburg”
- Description: city and capital of Saldus Municipality, Latvia
Places of Interest
Discover Saldus pilskalns and Saldus Station.
Saldus pilskalns
Saldus pilskalns is an archaeological site.
Saldus Station
Saldus Station is a railway station on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway.
2½ km northwest of Saldus
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Druva and Brocēni.
Saldus
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Latitude
56.66593° or 56° 39′ 57″ north
Longitude
22.49362° or 22° 29′ 37″ east
UN/LOCODE
LV SDS
Open location code
9G84MF8V+9C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Volapük—“Saldus” goes by many names.
SaldusAfrikaans
ሳልዱስAmharic
سالدوسArabic
ՍալդուսArmenian
SaldusAzerbaijani
FrauenburgBasque
SaldusBasque
СалдусBelarusian
সালডাসBengali
СалдусBulgarian
FrauenburgCatalan
SaldusCatalan
SaldusCebuano
萨尔杜斯Chinese
薩爾杜斯Chinese
SaldusCroatian
SaldusCzech
SaldusDanish
FrauenburgDutch
SaldusDutch
FrauenburgEsperanto
SaldusEsperanto
Saldus novadsEsperanto
SaldusEstonian
SaldusFinnish
SaldusHausa
סאלדוסHebrew
सालडसHindi
SaldusHungarian
SaldusIndonesian
FrauenburgItalian
SaldusItalian
サルダスJapanese
サルドゥスJapanese
SaldusJavanese
SaldwsKazakh
СалдусKazakh
سالدۋسKazakh
СалдусKirghiz
살두스Korean
SaldusLatgalian
Castrum Dominae NostraeLatin
FrauenburgaLatvian
SaldusLatvian
SaldusLithuanian
SaldusMalay
СалдусMoksha
FrauenburgNorthern Frisian
SaldusNorthern Frisian
SaldusNorwegian
SaldusNorwegian Bokmål
FrauenburgOccitan (post 1500)
SaldusOccitan (post 1500)
SaldusOromo
ਸਾਲਦੁਸPanjabi
سالدوسPersian
SaldusPolish
سالډسPushto
СалдусRussian
ФрауэнбургRussian
SaldosSamogitian
SaldusSerbian
СалдусSerbian
SaldusSilesian
SaldusSomali
SaldusSwahili
SaldusSwedish
СалдусTajik
СалдусTatar
SaldusTurkish
СалдусUkrainian
FrauenburgUpper Sorbian
SaldusUpper Sorbian
سالڈسUrdu
SaldusUzbek
SaldusVolapük
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