Baldone
Town in Ķekava Municipality, Latvia
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Baldone (ⓘ; German: Baldohn) is a town in Ķekava Municipality, in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The town is famous for its sulfur water springs and was a spa resort. It is connected to the capital Riga by the P91 and P89 roads and the Ķekaviņa river flows through the town.
Baldone | |
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Town | |
Riga Street ('Rīgas iela') in Baldone | |
| Coordinates: 56°44.5′N 24°23.6′E | |
| Country | |
| Municipality | Ķekava Municipality |
| First mentioned | 1186 |
| Town rights | 1991 |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.52 km2 (3.68 sq mi) |
| • Land | 9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.13 km2 (0.050 sq mi) |
| Population (2025)[2] | |
• Total | 3,711 |
| • Density | 395/km2 (1,020/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 |
The town serves as the extra-territorial seat of Baldone Parish, which surrounds the town entirely.
Gallery
- Mercendarbe Manor
- Baldone horse wagon
- Walking route with paintings in the forest
- Baldone Sanatorium park
- Kannenieki WWII brothers' cemetery
- Red Army graves in Mežvidi Brothers' Cemetery
- Kausezers
- Riekstukalns
Notable people
- Viktors Arājs (born 1910), holocaust perpetrator
- Astra Klovāne (born 1944), chess player
- Zigurds Lanka (born 1960), chess player