Pissen
Miķeļtornis is a populated place in the Tārgale Parish of Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian Coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 28 residents
- Description: village in Latvia on the Livonian Coast
- Also known as: “Dvor Pissen”, “Miķeļbāka”, “Miķeļciems”, “Miķeļtornis”, “Mitel’baka”, “Piza”, and “Pizā”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Miķeļbāka.
Miķeļbāka
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miķeļbāka or Miķeļtornis is the tallest lighthouse in Latvia. It is located in the village of Miķeļtornis, Tārgale Parish, Ventspils Municipality; about 34 kilometres northeast of Ventspils.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lūžņa and Irbene.
Lūžņa
Village
Lūžņa is a populated place in Tārgale parish, Ventspils municipality, Latvia, one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian coast. Lūžņa was a long fishing hamlet at the coast of the Baltic Sea about 30 kilometers from Ventspils in the direction of Kolka. Lūžņa is situated 6 km west of Pissen.
Irbene
Village
Photo: Powermelon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irbene is a ghost town in Ance parish, northwestern Latvia. In 1971, the Soviet Union established a secret radar center "Звезда" and built a settlement for military officers and their families, naming it Irbene because of nearby river Irbe. Irbene is situated 8 km southwest of Pissen.
Lielirbe
Village
Photo: Ed1974LT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lielirbe is a populated place in Tārgale Parish, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on Līvõd rānda - the Livonian Coast. Lielirbe is situated 8 km east of Pissen.
Pissen
- Categories: village in Latvia, small village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Tārgales pagasts, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.59996° or 57° 35′ 60″ northLongitude
21.97541° or 21° 58′ 32″ eastPopulation
28Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
9G93HXXG+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 417803755OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
457310Wikidata ID
Q2667994
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Turkish—“Pissen” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Мікэльторніс”
- Dutch: “Miķeļtornis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميكيلتورنيس”
- Estonian: “Mikeltornis”
- Estonian: “Miķeļtornis”
- Estonian: “Piza”
- Estonian: “Pizā”
- Finnish: “Mikeltornis”
- Finnish: “Miķeļtornis”
- German: “Mikelbaka”
- German: “Miķeļtornis”
- German: “Pissen”
- German: “Pize”
- Hungarian: “Miķeļtornis”
- Hungarian: “Pissen”
- Hungarian: “Piza”
- Hungarian: “Pizā”
- Latgalian: “Meikultūrņs”
- Latvian: “Miķeļbāka”
- Latvian: “Miķeļciems”
- Latvian: “Miķeļtornis”
- Latvian: “Pissen”
- Latvian: “Pizā”
- Latvian: “Pize”
- Lithuanian: “Mikeltuornis”
- Liv: “Pizā”
- Russian: “Pizā”
- Russian: “Микелторнис”
- Russian: “Микельбак”
- Russian: “Микельторнис”
- Russian: “Микельциемс”
- Turkish: “Miķeļtornis”
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