File:Cesis_flag.svg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Cēsis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wenden
Cēsis (; (, , , ) is a town in Latvia and the center of Cēsis Municipality, located in the northern part of the Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river, overlooking the woods below.
Cēsis is a town in Latvia situated in the scenic Gauja River valley, built on ridges that overlook surrounding woodlands in the northern part of the Central Vidzeme Upland. It serves as the administrative center of Cēsis Municipality.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cēsis
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Cesis COA.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 60px
- Settlement.image_flag
- Cesis flag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120px
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Skats no Vidzemes koncertzāle Cēsis jumta - panoramio (2).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Cēsis skyline
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cēsis Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned in chronicles
- Settlement.established_date
- 1206
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Венден
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Official language
- Latvian
- Population
- 15020
- Area
- 18.71
- Elevation
- 119
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Gauja
- Capital of
- Cēsis Municipality
- Official website
- www.cesis.lv
- Image
- Skats no Vidzemes koncertzāle Cēsis jumta - panoramio (2).jpg
- Dialing code
- 41
Show 11 more facts
- described by source
- Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire
- twinned administrative body
- Alytus
- Commons category
- Cēsis
- topic's main category
- Category:Cēsis
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Cēsis
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cēsis
- inception
- 1206-00-00
- P6482
- Cēsis
- postal code
- LV-4101
- native label
- Cēsis
- member of
- Union of the Baltic Cities
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History of the town
- Castle
- Climate
- Notable people
- Twin towns—sister cities
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Cēsis (; (, , , ) is a town in Latvia and the center of Cēsis Municipality, located in the northern part of the Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river, overlooking the woods below.
Cēsis was selected to be one of the candidate cities for the title of the European Capital of Culture 2014 (Riga was the Latvian city that won the title), as well as for the European Capital of Culture 2027 (Liepāja took the title).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cēsis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (16)
On the map
3 mapped locations