Brocēni
Brocēni is a town in Saldus Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. The town is situated along the river Ciecere, near lake Cieceres, which contains a large deposit of limestone that is used in the manufacturing of cement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 3,380 residents
- Description: city in Latvia
- Also known as: “Brocēnu Muiža”, “Brotseny”, “Brotzen”, “Bruocėnai”, and “Myza Brotseny”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saldus pilskalns and Saldus Ezers.
Saldus pilskalns
Archaeological site
Photo: Gatisvil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saldus pilskalns is an archaeological site, which is situated 4 km southwest of Brocēni.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saldus and Druva.
Saldus
Town
Photo: Modris Putns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saldus is a Latvian town located in Courland region of Latvia, and the largest town in Saldus Municipality. The name Saldus has been noted in historical sources as far back as the mid-13th century, but the founding year for the establishment of the town is considered to be 1856, with the settlement gaining town rights in 1917. Saldus is situated 5 km southwest of Brocēni.
Pilsblīdene
Village
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilsblīdene is a village, which is situated 8 km east of Brocēni.
Brocēni
- Categories: city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia and locality
- Location: Cieceres pagasts, Saldus Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.68453° or 56° 41′ 4″ northLongitude
22.56646° or 22° 33′ 59″ eastPopulation
3,380Elevation
114 metres (374 feet)United Nations Location Code
LV BRCOpen location code
9G84MHM8+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 457015340OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
Discover Brocēni from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Brocēni” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بروكني”
- Basque: “Brocēni”
- Basque: “Brotzen”
- Basque: “Bruocėnai”
- Belarusian: “Броцэні”
- Bulgarian: “Броцени”
- Catalan: “Brocēni”
- Catalan: “Brotzen”
- Catalan: “Bruocėnai”
- Cebuano: “Brocēni”
- Chinese: “布罗采尼”
- Chinese: “布羅采尼”
- Czech: “Brocēni”
- Danish: “Broceni”
- Danish: “Brocēni”
- Dutch: “Brocēni”
- Dutch: “Brotzen”
- Dutch: “Bruocėnai”
- Esperanto: “Brocēni”
- Esperanto: “Brotzen”
- Esperanto: “Bruocėnai”
- Estonian: “Broceni”
- Estonian: “Brocēni”
- Finnish: “Brocēni”
- French: “Brocēni”
- French: “Brotzen”
- French: “Bruocėnai”
- Georgian: “ბროცენი”
- German: “Brocēni”
- German: “Brotzen”
- German: “Bruocėnai”
- Hebrew: “ברוצני”
- Hungarian: “Brocēni”
- Italian: “Brocēni”
- Italian: “Brotzen”
- Italian: “Bruocėnai”
- Kazakh: “Brocenı”
- Kazakh: “Броцены”
- Kazakh: “بروتسەنى”
- Latvian: “Brocēni”
- Lithuanian: “Bruocenai”
- Lithuanian: “Bruocėnai”
- Moksha: “Броцэни”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Brocēni”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Brotzen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bruocėnai”
- Persian: “بروتسنی”
- Persian: “بروکنی”
- Polish: “Broceni”
- Polish: “Brocēni”
- Romanian: “Brocēni”
- Russian: “Броцени”
- Russian: “Броцены”
- Samogitian: “Bruocenā”
- Spanish: “Brocēni”
- Spanish: “Brotzen”
- Spanish: “Bruocėnai”
- Swedish: “Brocēni”
- Ukrainian: “Броцени”
- Upper Sorbian: “Brocēni”
- Urdu: “بروئچینی”
- “Bruocenā”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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