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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 9,380 residents
- Description: city in Latvia
- Also known as: “Ludsen”, “Ludze”, and “Lyutsin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ludza Castle and Church of the Assumption in Ludza.
Ludza Castle
Castle
Photo: Rendija, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ludza Castle was a medieval castle built in Gothic style located next to a Catholic church, on the site of a former Latgalian wooden castle in the centre Ludza, Latvia, a small town in eastern Latgale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lucmuiža and Blonti.
Lucmuiža
Village
Photo: Ivars Indāns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lucmuiža is a village, which is situated 3 km northeast of Ludza.
Blonti
Village
Photo: Dāvis Kļaviņš, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blonti is a village in Blonti Parish, Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. Blonti is situated 8 km northeast of Ludza.
Ludza
- Categories: city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia, city or town, and locality
- Location: Ludza, Ludza Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.54772° or 56° 32′ 52″ northLongitude
27.72421° or 27° 43′ 27″ eastPopulation
9,380Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)United Nations Location Code
LV BNHOpen location code
9G89GPXF+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 27083904OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Võro—“Ludza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لودزا”
- Armenian: “Լուձա”
- Azerbaijani: “Ludza”
- Basque: “Ludsen”
- Basque: “Ludza”
- Belarusian: “Лудза”
- Belarusian: “Люцын”
- 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”
- Hebrew: “לודזה”
- Hebrew: “לוצין”
- Hungarian: “Ludza”
- Italian: “Ludsen”
- Italian: “Ludza”
- Japanese: “ルッザ”
- Kazakh: “Lwdza”
- Kazakh: “Лудза”
- Kazakh: “لۋدزا”
- Korean: “루자”
- Latgalian: “Ludza”
- Latvian: “Ludza”
- Latvian: “Ludzas pilsēta”
- Latvian: “Lutsen”
- Latvian: “Люцин”
- Lithuanian: “Ludza”
- Lower Sorbian: “Ludza”
- Moksha: “Лудза”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ludsen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ludza”
- Persian: “لودزا”
- Polish: “Lucyn”
- Polish: “Ludza”
- Russian: “Лудза”
- Russian: “Люцин”
- Samogitian: “Ludza”
- Serbian: “Ludza”
- Serbian: “Лудза”
- Slovak: “Ludza”
- Slovenian: “Ludza”
- Spanish: “Ludsen”
- Spanish: “Ludza”
- Swedish: “Ludza”
- Tajik: “Лудза”
- Ukrainian: “Лудза”
- Ukrainian: “Люцин”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ludsen”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ludza”
- Volapük: “Ludza”
- Võro: “Lutsi”
- “Ludsi”
- “Ludza”
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