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. From 2008 to 2021, the town served as the seat of Baldone Municipality before its dissolution.

In 1991, the village of Baldone received city rights, governing also the Baldone Rural Territory until 28 January 2010, when it was split off of the town and renamed Baldone Parish.

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