Ludza
Ludza is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre of Ludza Municipality that is located nearby the Russian border.
- Type: Town with 7,050 residents
- Description: city and capital of Ludza Municipality, Latvia
- Also known as: “Ludsen”, “Ludze”, “Lutsen”, and “Lyutsin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ludza Castle and Church of the Assumption in Ludza.
Ludza Castle
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lucmuiža and Blonti.
Blonti
Village
Ludza
- Categories: city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia, city or town, and locality
- Location: Ludza, Ludza Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.54772° or 56° 32′ 52″ north
Longitude
27.72421° or 27° 43′ 27″ east
Population
7,050
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LV BNH
Open location code
9G89GPXF+3M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
Discover Ludza from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Amharic to Võro—“Ludza” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሉድዛ”
- Arabic: “لودزا”
- Armenian: “Լուձա”
- Azerbaijani: “Ludza”
- Basque: “Ludsen”
- Basque: “Ludza”
- Belarusian: “Лудза”
- Belarusian: “Люцын”
- Bengali: “লুডজা”
- Bulgarian: “Лудза”
- Catalan: “Ludsen”
- Catalan: “Ludza”
- Cebuano: “Ludza”
- Chinese: “卢扎”
- Chinese: “盧扎”
- Czech: “Ludza”
- Danish: “Ludza”
- Dutch: “Ludsen”
- Dutch: “Ludza”
- Esperanto: “Luci”
- Esperanto: “Ludsen”
- Esperanto: “Ludza”
- Estonian: “Ludza”
- Estonian: “Lutsi”
- Finnish: “Ludza”
- French: “Ludsen”
- French: “Ludza”
- German: “Ludsen”
- German: “Ludza”
- German: “Lutzi”
- Greek: “Λούτζα”
- Hausa: “Ludza”
- Hebrew: “לודזה”
- Hebrew: “לוצין”
- Hindi: “लुड्ज़ा”
- Hungarian: “Ludza”
- Indonesian: “Ludza”
- Italian: “Ludsen”
- Italian: “Ludza”
- Japanese: “ルッザ”
- Japanese: “ルッツァ”
- Japanese: “ルドザ”
- Javanese: “Ludza”
- Kazakh: “Lwdza”
- Kazakh: “Лудза”
- Kazakh: “لۋدزا”
- Kirghiz: “Лудза”
- Korean: “루자”
- Latgalian: “Ludza”
- Latvian: “Ludza”
- Latvian: “Ludzas pilsēta”
- Latvian: “Lutsen”
- Latvian: “Люцин”
- Lithuanian: “Ludza”
- Lower Sorbian: “Ludza”
- Malay: “Ludza”
- Moksha: “Лудза”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ludsen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ludza”
- Oromo: “Ludza”
- Panjabi: “ਲੁਡਜ਼ਾ”
- Persian: “لودزا”
- Polish: “Lucyn”
- Polish: “Ludza”
- Portuguese: “Ludza”
- Pushto: “لودزا”
- Russian: “Лудза”
- Russian: “Люцин”
- Samogitian: “Ludza”
- Serbian: “Ludza”
- Serbian: “Лудза”
- Slovak: “Ludza”
- Slovenian: “Ludza”
- Somali: “Ludza”
- Spanish: “Ludsen”
- Spanish: “Ludza”
- Swahili: “Ludza”
- Swedish: “Ludza”
- Tajik: “Лудза”
- Tatar: “Лудза”
- Turkish: “Ludza”
- Ukrainian: “Лудза”
- Ukrainian: “Люцин”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ludsen”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ludza”
- Urdu: “لڈزا”
- Urdu: “لوڈزا”
- Uzbek: “Ludza”
- Volapük: “Ludza”
- Võro: “Lutsi”
- “Ludsi”
- “Ludza”
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