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Ludza
Sign in to saveLudza (; , , , , Ludza) is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre of Ludza Municipality that is located nearby the Russian border. The population as of 2020 was 7,667.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ludza
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ludza COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ludza 2012. gads.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ludza skyline
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ludza Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1177
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Edgars Mekšs
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of Municipality council members
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Russian Empire
- Latvia
- Tourism
- Transport
- Roads
- Railway
- Education
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Born in Ludza
- Twinning and international cooperation
- See also
- References
- External links
Ludza (; , , , , Ludza) is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre of Ludza Municipality that is located nearby the Russian border. The population as of 2020 was 7,667.
==History== thumb|Painting of Ludza Castle ruins by [[Napoleon Orda.]] After Nikolay Karamzin, Ludza was first mentioned as Лючин in Hypatian Codex dating back to 1173 or 1177. In 1399 the Livonian Order built a stone fortress atop an older Latgalian fortress and used Ludza as an eastern outpost in Livonia. Ludza Castle ruins can be visited nowadays.