Aizkraukle

Aizkraukle is a town and the administrative centre of in , . Most of Aizkraukle is situated on the right bank of the Daugava River.
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  • Type: Town with 6,630 residents
  • Description: city and capital of Aizkraukle Municipality, Latvia
  • Also known as: “Aizkraukles Muiža”, “Ascheraden”, “Pēteris Stučka Urban-type settlement”, “Stuchka”, and “Stučka”
  • Historically known as: “Asscrade”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aizkraukle and Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant.

Railway station
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Station is a railway station on the Riga – Daugavpils Railway. is situated 2½ km northeast of Aizkraukle.

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 the Latvian town of Aizkraukle on the Daugava River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sērene and Skrīveri.

Village
Photo: Alek Sandrs, CC BY 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Aizkraukle.

Village
Photo: Modris Putns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the Parish of in the region of , near the Riga–Daugavpils Railway. had 2,424 residents in 2022. is situated 10 km northwest of Aizkraukle.

Village
Photo: Aleksandrs Timofejevs, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 10 km southeast of Aizkraukle.

Aizkraukle

Latitude
56.60108° or 56° 36′ 4″ north
Longitude
25.25425° or 25° 15′ 15″ east
Population
6,630
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LV AIZ
Open location code
9G87J723+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 250832635
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
461615
Wiki­data ID
Q411715
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Mari—“Aizkraukle” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አይዝክራውክሌ”
  • Arabic: “آيزاكراوكل”
  • Armenian: “Այզկրաուկլե”
  • Asturian: “Aizkraukle”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aizkraukle”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ayzkraukle”
  • Basque: “Aizkraukle”
  • Basque: “Ascheraden”
  • Belarusian: “Айзкраўклэ”
  • Bengali: “আইজক্রাউকলে”
  • 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)
  • Hausa: “Aizkraukle”
  • Hebrew: “אייזקראוקלה”
  • Hindi: “एज़क्राउकले”
  • Hungarian: “Aizkraukle”
  • Indonesian: “Aizkraukle”
  • Italian: “Aizkraukle”
  • Italian: “Ascheraden”
  • Japanese: “アイズクラウクレ”
  • Japanese: “アジクラウクレ”
  • Javanese: “Aizkraukle”
  • Kazakh: “Айзкраукле”
  • Kirghiz: “Айзкраукле”
  • Korean: “아이스크라우클레”
  • Latin: “Ascradis”
  • Latvian: “Aizkraukle”
  • Latvian: “Ascheraden”
  • Latvian: “Pētera Stučkas pilsētciemats”
  • Latvian: “Stučka”
  • Lithuanian: “Aizkrauklė”
  • Macedonian: “Ајзкраукле”
  • Malay: “Aizkraukle”
  • Moksha: “Айзкрауклэ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aizkraukle”
  • Norwegian: “Aizkraukle”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aizkraukle”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ascheraden”
  • Oromo: “Aizkraukle”
  • Panjabi: “ਏਜਕਰੌਕਲ”
  • Persian: “آیزکراوکل”
  • Polish: “Aizkraukle”
  • Polish: “Ascheraden”
  • Portuguese: “Aizkraukle”
  • Pushto: “ايزکراوکلې”
  • Russian: “Айзкраукле”
  • Russian: “Ашераден”
  • Russian: “Ашереден”
  • Samogitian: “Aizkrauklė”
  • Scots: “Aizkrauklė”
  • Serbian: “Aizkraukle”
  • Serbian: “Ајзкраукле”
  • Slovak: “Aizkraukle”
  • Somali: “Aizkraukle”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آیزکراوکل”
  • Spanish: “Aizkraukle”
  • Spanish: “Ascheraden”
  • Swahili: “Aizkraukle”
  • Swedish: “Aizkraukle”
  • Swedish: “Ascheraden”
  • Tajik: “Aizkraukle”
  • Tajik: “Айзкраукле”
  • Tatar: “Айзкраукле”
  • Turkish: “Aizkraukle”
  • Ukrainian: “Айзкраукле”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Aizkraukle”
  • Urdu: “آئزکراوکلے”
  • Uzbek: “Aizkraukle”
  • Western Mari: “Айзкраукле”
  • “Aizkraukle”
  • “Aizkrauklė”

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