Baldone

Baldone
Town
Riga Street ('Rīgas iela') in Baldone
Flag Coat of arms
Baldone Location in Latvia
Coordinates: 56°44.5′N 24°23.6′E
Country	Latvia
Municipality	Ķekava Municipality
First mentioned	1186
Town rights	1991
Area
• Total	9.52 km2 (3.68 sq mi)
• Land	9.32 km2 (3.60 sq mi)
• Water	0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi)
Population  (2026)
• Total	3,711
• Density	398/km2 (1,030/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.lv

Baldone (pronunciation^ⓘ; 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.

The town serves as the extra-territorial seat of Baldone Parish, which surrounds the town entirely.

Gallery

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  Mercendarbe Manor
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  Baldone Observatory
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  Baldone Lutheran church and the WWII Red Army brothers' cemetery
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  Baldone horse wagon
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  Walking route with paintings in the forest
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  Baldone Sanatorium park
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  Kannenieki WWII brothers' cemetery
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  Red Army graves in Mežvidi Brothers' Cemetery
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  Kausezers
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  Riekstukalns

Notable people

• Viktors Arājs (born 1910), holocaust perpetrator
• Astra Klovāne (born 1944), chess player
• Zigurds Lanka (born 1960), chess player

See also

• List of cities in Latvia