Sigulda is a town and the center of Sigulda Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, 53 kilometers from the capital Riga. It is an important tourist center of Latvia, and its territory also includes the ancient centers of Turaida and Krimulda. At the start of 2024 Sigulda had 14,632 inhabitants, making it the fifteenth largest settlement in Latvia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude57.153889 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Sigulda (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 14,784 (2026)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 57.153889, longitude 24.854444
P2046 (area)
area 22.88 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1207
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 14784 (2026)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Sigulda - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 455718
57.15375 24.85953 P PPLA LV C7 0801615 14757 100 Europe/Riga
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 100 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.25, 24.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.25, 24.75
57.25 24.75 Dfb
Sigulda (Wikipedia)
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Sigulda (; German: Segewold; Polish: Zygwold) is a town and the centre of Sigulda Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, 53 kilometres (33 miles) from the capital city Riga.
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