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Talsi
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Talsi (; , ) (population 11,371) is a town in the Courland region of Latvia. It is the administrative centre of Talsi Municipality. It is nicknamed the "green pearl of Courland".
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Talsi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat_of_Arms_of_Talsi.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Talsi.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Talsi panorama.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Talsi
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Talsi Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1917
- 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
- Andis Āboliņš
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of city council members
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Talsi
- Country
- Latvia
- Located in
- Talsi District
- Population
- 8673
- Area
- 7.65
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Talsi Municipality
- Image
- Talsi panorama.jpg
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- Commons category
- Talsi
- topic's main category
- Category:Talsi
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Talsi
- native label
- Talsi
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P6482
- Talsi
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Talsi
- postal code
- LV-3201
- time of earliest written record
- 1231-00-00
- inception
- 1917-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Chortkiv
- P8168
- Daju
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- 19th century and World War I
- In independent Latvia and during the 20th century
- Geography
- Culture and religion
- Sport
- Transportation and infrastructure
- Notable people
- Events
- Twin towns — sister cities
- References
- External links
Talsi (; , ) (population 11,371) is a town in the Courland region of Latvia. It is the administrative centre of Talsi Municipality. It is nicknamed the "green pearl of Courland".
==Etymology== It is believed that the name is derived from an old Livonian word, talusse, meaning "secluded place".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Talsi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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