Aizkraukle
Aizkraukle is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality, of which it is the administrative centre. Most of Aizkraukle is situated on the right bank of the Daugava River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Егор Журавлёв, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 8,400 residents
- Description: city in Latvia
- Also known as: “Aizkraukles Muiža” and “Ascheraden”
- Historically known as: “Asscrade”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aizkraukle and Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant.
Aizkraukle
Railway station
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aizkraukle Station is a railway station on the Riga – Daugavpils Railway. Aizkraukle is situated 2½ km northeast of Aizkraukle.
Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant
Dam
Photo: Gunars, Public domain.
The Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the Baltics and one of the biggest in the European Union. It is located in Aizkraukle on the Daugava River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sērene and Skrīveri.
Sērene
Village
Photo: Alek Sandrs, CC BY 3.0.
Sērene is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Aizkraukle.
Skrīveri
Village
Photo: Modris Putns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skrīveri is a village in the Skrīveri Parish of Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, near the Riga–Daugavpils Railway. Skrīveri had 2,424 residents in 2022. Skrīveri is situated 10 km northwest of Aizkraukle.
Sece
Village
Photo: Aleksandrs Timofejevs, CC0.
Sece is a village, which is situated 10 km southeast of Aizkraukle.
Aizkraukle
- Categories: city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia and locality
- Location: Aizkraukle, Aizkraukle Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.60108° or 56° 36′ 4″ northLongitude
25.25425° or 25° 15′ 15″ eastPopulation
8,400Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)United Nations Location Code
LV AIZOpen location code
9G87J723+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 250832635OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Aizkraukle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آيزاكراوكل”
- Armenian: “Այզկրաուկլե”
- Asturian: “Aizkraukle”
- Azerbaijani: “Ayzkraukle”
- Basque: “Aizkraukle”
- Basque: “Ascheraden”
- Belarusian: “Айзкраўклэ”
- Bulgarian: “Айзкраукле”
- Catalan: “Aizkraukle”
- Catalan: “Ascheraden”
- Cebuano: “Aizkraukle”
- Chinese: “愛茲克勞克雷”
- Chinese: “艾兹克劳克莱”
- Chinese: “艾茲克勞克萊”
- Czech: “Aizkraukle”
- Danish: “Aizkraukle”
- Dutch: “Aizkraukle”
- Dutch: “Ascheraden”
- Esperanto: “Aizkraukle”
- Esperanto: “Ascheraden”
- Estonian: “Aizkraukle”
- Estonian: “Ascheraden”
- Estonian: “Stučka”
- Finnish: “Aizkraukle”
- Finnish: “Ascheraden”
- French: “Aizkraukle”
- French: “Ascheraden”
- Georgian: “აიზკრაუკლე”
- German: “Aizkraukle”
- German: “Aizkraukles novads”
- German: “Ascheraden” (historical)
- Hebrew: “אייזקראוקלה”
- Hungarian: “Aizkraukle”
- Italian: “Aizkraukle”
- Italian: “Ascheraden”
- Japanese: “アイズクラウクレ”
- Japanese: “アジクラウクレ”
- Kazakh: “Айзкраукле”
- Korean: “아이스크라우클레”
- Latin: “Ascradis”
- Latvian: “Aizkraukle”
- Latvian: “Ascheraden”
- Latvian: “Pētera Stučkas pilsētciemats”
- Lithuanian: “Aizkrauklė”
- Macedonian: “Ајзкраукле”
- Moksha: “Айзкрауклэ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aizkraukle”
- Norwegian: “Aizkraukle”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aizkraukle”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ascheraden”
- Panjabi: “ਏਜਕਰੌਕਲ”
- Persian: “آیزکراوکل”
- Polish: “Aizkraukle”
- Polish: “Ascheraden”
- Russian: “Айзкраукле”
- Russian: “Ашераден”
- Russian: “Ашереден”
- Samogitian: “Aizkrauklė”
- Scots: “Aizkrauklė”
- Serbian: “Aizkraukle”
- Serbian: “Ајзкраукле”
- Slovak: “Aizkraukle”
- South Azerbaijani: “آیزکراوکل”
- Spanish: “Aizkraukle”
- Spanish: “Ascheraden”
- Swedish: “Aizkraukle”
- Swedish: “Ascheraden”
- Tajik: “Aizkraukle”
- Tajik: “Айзкраукле”
- Ukrainian: “Айзкраукле”
- Upper Sorbian: “Aizkraukle”
- Urdu: “آئزکراوکلے”
- Western Mari: “Айзкраукле”
- “Aizkraukle”
- “Aizkrauklė”
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