Koknese
Koknese is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the right bank of the Daugava River. It has a population of nearly 3,000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,910 residents
- Description: town in Latvia
- Also known as: “Koaknese”, “Kokenhausen”, “Kokenhusen”, “Kokneses Muiža”, and “Kuoknesė”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Koknese Station and Lutheran church in Koknese.
Koknese Station
Railway station
Photo: ScAvenger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koknese Station is a railway station on the Riga – Daugavpils Railway.
Koknese Castle
Ruins
Photo: Daarznieks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koknese Castle is a complex in Koknese, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, dating from the 13th century. The castle was situated on a high bluff overlooking the Daugava river valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vecbebri and Staburags.
Vecbebri
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vecbebri is a village, which is situated 9 km north of Koknese.
Staburags
Village
Photo: Alek Sandrs, CC BY 3.0.
Staburags is a village, which is situated 10 km southeast of Koknese.
Koknese
- Categories: city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia, Hanseatic city, and locality
- Location: Koknese Parish, Aizkraukle Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.64943° or 56° 38′ 58″ northLongitude
25.43686° or 25° 26′ 13″ eastPopulation
2,910Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)United Nations Location Code
LV ZKEOpen location code
9G87JCXP+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 266286945OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Koknese” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոկնեսե”
- Basque: “Kokenhusen”
- Basque: “Koknese”
- Basque: “Kuoknesė”
- Belarusian: “Кокенгаўз”
- Belarusian: “Кокенгаўзен”
- Belarusian: “Кокнесе”
- Belarusian: “Кокнесэ”
- Belarusian: “Кокнэсэ”
- Belarusian: “Кукенойс”
- Belarusian: “Кукенос”
- Bulgarian: “Кокнесе”
- Catalan: “Kokenhusen”
- Catalan: “Koknese”
- Catalan: “Kuoknesė”
- Cebuano: “Koknese”
- Chinese: “科克内塞”
- Chinese: “科肯胡森”
- Czech: “Koknese”
- Dutch: “Kokenhusen”
- Dutch: “Koknese”
- Dutch: “Kuoknesė”
- Esperanto: “Kokenhausen”
- Esperanto: “Kokenhusen”
- Esperanto: “Koknese”
- Esperanto: “Kokneses novads”
- Esperanto: “Kuoknesė”
- Estonian: “Kokenhausen”
- Estonian: “Kokenhusen”
- Estonian: “Koknese”
- French: “Kokenhausen”
- French: “Kokenhusen”
- French: “Koknese”
- French: “Kuoknesė”
- German: “Kokenhausen”
- German: “Kokenhusen”
- German: “Koknese”
- German: “Kokneses novads”
- German: “Kuoknesė”
- Hungarian: “Koknese”
- Icelandic: “Koknese”
- Italian: “Kokenhusen”
- Italian: “Koknese”
- Italian: “Kuoknesė”
- Japanese: “コクネセ”
- Latin: “Ruthenicum castrum”
- Latvian: “Carevičdmitrijeva”
- Latvian: “Kokenhauzene”
- Latvian: “Koknese”
- Lithuanian: “Koknesė”
- Lithuanian: “Kuoknesė”
- Low German: “Kokenhusen”
- Moksha: “Кокнэсэ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Koknese”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kokenhusen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Koknese”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kuoknesė”
- Persian: “کوکنس”
- Polish: “Kokenhausen”
- Polish: “Kokenhuza”
- Polish: “Koknese”
- Romanian: “Koknese”
- Russian: “Кокенгаузен”
- Russian: “Кокенгузен”
- Russian: “Кокенхаузен”
- Russian: “Кокенхузен”
- Russian: “Кокнесе”
- Russian: “Кукейнос”
- Russian: “Кукенойс”
- Russian: “Куконойс”
- Russian: “Куконос”
- Russian: “Царевич-Дмитриев”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Koknese”
- Spanish: “Kokenhusen”
- Spanish: “Koknese”
- Spanish: “Kuoknesė”
- Swedish: “Kokenhusen”
- Swedish: “Koknese”
- Ukrainian: “Кокнесе”
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