Saldus, Latvia
🇱🇻 Saldus is a Latvian town located in Courland (Latvian: Kurzeme) and is the main town, and the central location in Saldus Municipality. The name Saldus has been noted in historical sources as far back as the mid-13th century, but the founding year is considered to be 1856, and it gained town rights in 1917.
The city is almost precisely in between Riga and Liepāja (slightly closer to ‘Liepāja’ (100 km), than Riga (119 km). River Ciecere flows through Saldus, and it is a tributary to one of Latvia’s biggest rivers Venta.
The city is often referred to as "the Bowl of Courland". This is because of a famous quote by Māris Čaklais: "A drop of honey in the bowl of Courland". The reasoning behind the quote is the fact that from a high point, the city looks like a crater.
As of January 2019, Saldus is the 17th-largest city in Latvia.
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Saldus has a population of over 9,937 people. Saldus also forms the centre of the wider Saldus Municipality which has a population of over 21,795 people.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Saldus has links with:
🇩🇪 Liederbach am Taunus, Germany 🇷🇺 Sergiyev Posad, Russia 🇱🇹 Šilutė, Lithuania 🇵🇱 Stargard, Poland 🇫🇷 Villebon-sur-Yvette, France