Saldus is a town in Latvia and the center of Saldus Municipality, located in the Courland region. The name has appeared in historical sources since the mid-13th century, though the town's own founding year is considered to be 1856, and it gained formal town rights in 1917. 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 Elevation (m) Latitude56.666667 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Saldus (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 9,492 (2026)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 56.666667, longitude 22.493611
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 95 m
P2046 (area)
area 10.11 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1917
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 9492 (2026)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Saldus - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 455890
56.66363 22.48807 P PPLA LV 27 0840201 9553 92 Europe/Riga
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 92 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 56.75, 22.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 56.75, 22.25
56.75 22.25 Dfb
Saldus (Wikipedia)
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Saldus (; German: Frauenburg, Yiddish: פֿרויענבורג, romanized: Froienburg) is a Latvian town and the center of Saldus Municipality, located in the Courland (Latvian: Kurzeme) region.
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