Salaspils
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 18,000 residents
- Description: city in Latvia
- Also known as: “Kerkholm”, “Kirchholm”, “Kirkholm”, “Salaspilis”, and “Solyspiļs”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dole Station and Daugmale hill fort.
Dole Station
Railway stop
Dole Station is a railway station on the Riga–Daugavpils Railway. It is located in the town limits of Salaspils and named after nearby Dole Island. It is serviced by all Vivi electric trains within the line and the diesel train en route to Krustpils.
Daugmale hill fort
Archaeological site
Daugmale hill fort is an archaeological site, which is situated 4 km southeast of Salaspils.
Salaspils Memorial Ensemble
Museum
Photo: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salaspils Memorial Ensemble is a museum, which is situated 3½ km west of Salaspils.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salaspils and Dārziņi.
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.
Dārziņi
Suburb
Dārziņi is a neighbourhood of Riga, the capital of Latvia, which is located in the Latgale Suburb. The neighbourhood mostly consists of summer homes and small plant gardens for personal use, and it is the southernmost neighbourhood of Riga. Dārziņi is situated 5 km west of Salaspils.
Saulkalne
Village
Photo: Kikos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saulkalne is a village, which is situated 5 km east of Salaspils.
Salaspils
- Categories: city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia and locality
- Location: Salaspils, Salaspils Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.86345° or 56° 51′ 48″ northLongitude
24.35452° or 24° 21′ 16″ eastPopulation
18,000Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)United Nations Location Code
LV SPSOpen location code
9G86V973+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 29488307OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Võro—“Salaspils” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سالاسبليس”
- Armenian: “Սալասպիլս”
- Basque: “Kerkholm”
- Basque: “Kirchholm”
- Basque: “Kirkholm”
- Basque: “Salaspilis”
- Basque: “Salaspils”
- Basque: “Solyspiļs”
- Belarusian: “Саласпілс”
- Belarusian: “Саласьпілс”
- Bulgarian: “Саласпилс”
- Catalan: “Kerkholm”
- Catalan: “Kirchholm”
- Catalan: “Kirkholm”
- Catalan: “Salaspilis”
- Catalan: “Salaspils”
- Catalan: “Solyspiļs”
- Cebuano: “Salaspils (kapital sa munisipyo sa Latvia)”
- Cebuano: “Salaspils (kapital sa munisipyo sa Latwiya)”
- Cebuano: “Salaspils”
- Chechen: “Саласпилс”
- Chinese: “萨拉斯皮尔斯”
- Chinese: “薩拉斯皮爾斯”
- Czech: “Kircholm”
- Czech: “Salaspils”
- Danish: “Salaspils”
- Dutch: “Kerkholm”
- Dutch: “Kirchholm”
- Dutch: “Kirkholm”
- Dutch: “Salaspilis”
- Dutch: “Salaspils”
- Dutch: “Solyspiļs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سالاسبليس”
- Esperanto: “Kerkholm”
- Esperanto: “Kirchholm”
- Esperanto: “Kirkholm”
- Esperanto: “Salaspilis”
- Esperanto: “Salaspils”
- Esperanto: “Solyspiļs”
- Estonian: “Kirchholm”
- Estonian: “Salaspils”
- Finnish: “Kerkholm”
- Finnish: “Kirkholm”
- Finnish: “Salaspils”
- French: “Kerkholm”
- French: “Kirchholm”
- French: “Kirkholm”
- French: “Salaspilis”
- French: “Salaspils”
- French: “Solyspiļs”
- German: “Kerkholm”
- German: “Kirchholm”
- German: “Kircholm”
- German: “Kirkholm”
- German: “Salaspilis”
- German: “Salaspils”
- German: “Solyspiļs”
- Hungarian: “Salaspils”
- Italian: “Kerkholm”
- Italian: “Kirchholm”
- Italian: “Kirkholm”
- Italian: “Salaspilis”
- Italian: “Salaspils”
- Italian: “Solyspiļs”
- Japanese: “サラスピルス”
- Kazakh: “Salaspïls”
- Kazakh: “Саласпилс”
- Kazakh: “سالاسپىيلس”
- Korean: “살라스필스”
- Latgalian: “Solyspiļs”
- Latin: “Holma”
- Latvian: “Kirchholm”
- Latvian: “Salaspils”
- Lithuanian: “Kirchholmas”
- Lithuanian: “Salaspilis”
- Moksha: “Саласпилс”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirchholm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salaspils”
- Norwegian: “Salaspils”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kerkholm”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kirchholm”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kirkholm”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Salaspilis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Salaspils”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Solyspiļs”
- Ossetian: “Саласпилс”
- Persian: “سالاسپیلس”
- Polish: “Kirchholm”
- Polish: “Kircholm”
- Polish: “Salaspils”
- Romanian: “Salaspils”
- Russian: “Кирхгольм”
- Russian: “Куртенгоф”
- Russian: “Саласпилс”
- Samogitian: “Salaspėlės”
- Serbian: “Salaspils”
- Serbian: “Саласпил”
- Serbian: “Саласпилс”
- Serbian: “Саласпољ”
- Spanish: “Kerkholm”
- Spanish: “Kirchholm”
- Spanish: “Kirkholm”
- Spanish: “Salaspilis”
- Spanish: “Salaspils”
- Spanish: “Solyspiļs”
- Swedish: “Kirchholm”
- Swedish: “Kirkholm”
- Swedish: “Salaspils”
- Ukrainian: “Саласпілс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Kirchholm”
- Upper Sorbian: “Salaspils”
- Volapük: “Salaspils”
- Võro: “Salaspils”
- “Salaspėlis”
- “Salaspils”
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