Baldone
Appearance
Baldone | |
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Town | |
![]() Riga street in Baldone | |
Coordinates: 56°44.5′N 24°23.6′E / 56.7417°N 24.3933°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Municipality | Ķekava Municipality |
First mentioned | 1186 |
Town rights | 1991 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Raimonds Audzers |
Area | |
• Total | 9.52 km2 (3.68 sq mi) |
• Land | 9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.13 km2 (0.05 sq mi) |
Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total | 3,711 |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | LV-2125 |
Calling code | +371 67 |
Number of city council members | 11 |
Website | www |
Baldone (German: Baldohn) is a town in the Ķekava Municipality, which is located in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The town is famous for its sulfur water springs and was a spa resort.
;Viktors Arājs was born here in 1910.
Gallery
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Mercendarbes manor
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Observatory in Baldone
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Baldones luthenaruan churck and the red army brother graveyard
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Baldone horse wagon
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Walking route with paintings in the forest
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Baldones sanatorium park
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Kannenieku brother cemetery
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Red army graves in Mežvidu brother cemetery
Notable people
[edit]- Astra Klovāne (born 1944), chess player
- Zigurds Lanka (born 1960), chess player
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.