Venta
Venta is a village in Rumbas pagasts, Kuldīga Municipality and has about 361 residents. Venta is situated nearby to the suburb Putnu dārzs, as well as near the hamlet Rumba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Venta Rapid and Saint Catherine Lutheran church.
Venta Rapid
Waterfall
Photo: public domain, Public domain.
Venta Rapid is a waterfall on the Venta River in Kuldīga, western Latvia. It is the widest waterfall in Europe at 249 metres across, and becomes as wide as 275 metres during spring floods.
Belfry of Peter’s Chapel
Historic building
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belfry of Peter’s Chapel is a historic building, which is situated 2½ km west of Venta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuldīga and Rumbenieki.
Kuldīga
Photo: Algirdas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kuldīga is a picturesque town on the Venta River in the Kurzeme region of western Latvia. Its old town was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023.
Rumbenieki
Village
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rumbenieki is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Venta.
Pelči
Village
Photo: Modris Putns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pelči is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Venta.
Venta
- Type: Village with 361 residents
- Also known as: “Ventas ciems”
- Categories: village in Latvia, average-size village in Latvia, and locality
- Location: Rumbas pagasts, Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.96732° or 56° 58′ 2″ northLongitude
22.00769° or 22° 0′ 28″ eastPopulation
361Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
9G84X285+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 8065065520OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13147980Wikidata ID
Q20830904
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Venta” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Venta”
- Estonian: “Venta küla”
- Estonian: “Venta”
- Latvian: “Venta”
- Russian: “Вента”
- Turkish: “Venta”
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