Aizkraukle
Aizkraukle () is a town and the administrative centre of Aizkraukle Municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. Most of Aizkraukle is situated on the right bank of the Daugava River. As defined by Latvian law, Aizkraukle belongs partially to Vidzeme and partially to Selonia historical regions. The population in 2020 was 7,018.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Aizkraukle
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Aizkraukle COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Aizkraukle flag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Aizkraukle, Lāčplēša iela.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 200px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Aizkraukle Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1967
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Aizkraukle () is a town and the administrative centre of Aizkraukle Municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. Most of Aizkraukle is situated on the right bank of the Daugava River. As defined by Latvian law, Aizkraukle belongs partially to Vidzeme and partially to Selonia historical regions. The population in 2020 was 7,018.
==History== In the second half of the 14th century, the Livonian Order built the Aizkraukle Castle, a few kilometres downstream from the ancient hillfort of Livs. The ruins of the castle still remain today. Before World War I, the settlement that stood near the site of modern-day Aizkraukle was known by its German name of Ascheraden.