{{Short description|Town in Ķekava Municipality, Latvia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Baldone | other_name = | settlement_type = Town | image_shield = Baldone COA.svg | shield_size = | image_flag = BaldonesPilsetasKarogs2.jpg | flag_size = | image_skyline = Rīgas iela, Baldone (P91).jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = Riga Street ('Rīgas iela') in Baldone | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Latvia}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = Ķekava Municipality | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1186 | established_title2 = Town rights | established_date2 = 1991 | pushpin_map = Latvia | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Latvia | coordinates = {{coord|56|44.5|N|24|23.6|E|region:LV_type:city|display=inline,title}} | blank_name_sec1 = Number of city council members | blank_info_sec1 = 11 | area_total_km2 = 9.52 | area_footnotes = {{wikidata|reference|best||P2046|P518=Q16868672}} | area_water_km2 = {{#expr:{{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q16868672}}-{{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q11081619}}}} | area_land_km2 = {{#invoke:wd|properties|raw|qualifiers|best|raw||P2046|P518=Q11081619}} | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = {{#invoke:WikidataIB|formatDate|{{wikidata|qualifier|best|raw||P1082|P585}}|df=y}} | population_total = 3711 | population_footnotes = {{wikidata|references|best||P1082}} | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_metro_km2 = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = LV-2125 | area_code_type = Calling code | area_code = +371 67 | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | website = {{URL|http://www.baldone.lv}} | official_name = }} '''Baldone''' ({{audio|Lv-Baldone.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{langx|de|Baldohn}}) is a town in Ķekava Municipality, in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The town is famous for its sulfur water springs and was a spa resort. It is connected to the capital Riga by the P91 and P89 roads and the {{Interlanguage link|Ķekaviņa|lv}} river flows through the town.
The town serves as the extra-territorial seat of Baldone Parish, which surrounds the town entirely.
== Gallery == <gallery class="center" widths="150" heights="120"> File:Mercendarbes muiža.jpg|Mercendarbe Manor File:Baldones observatorija.JPG|Baldone Observatory File:Baldones luterāņu baznīca un sarkanarmiešu brāļu kapi.jpg|Baldone Lutheran church and the WWII Red Army brothers' cemetery File:The reconstructed cabin of horse tram in Baldone 01.jpg|Baldone horse wagon File:Meža galerija 1.jpg|Walking route with paintings in the forest File:Sanatorijas centrālā strūklaka.jpg|Baldone Sanatorium park File:Kannenieku brāļu kapi.jpg|Kannenieki WWII brothers' cemetery File:Sarkanās armijas brāļu kapi Mežvidos (1134 karavīri), Baldones pagasts, Baldones novads, Latvia - panoramio (3).jpg|Red Army graves in Mežvidi Brothers' Cemetery File:Mazais Kausezers.jpg|Kausezers File:Riekstukalns - ogre11 - Panoramio.jpg|Riekstukalns </gallery>
== Notable people ==
* Viktors Arājs (born 1910), holocaust perpetrator * Astra Klovāne (born 1944), chess player * Zigurds Lanka (born 1960), chess player
==See also== *List of cities in Latvia
==References== {{commons category|Baldone}} {{Reflist}}
{{Ķekava Municipality}} {{Latvian regional cities}}
Category:Cities and towns in Semigallia Category:Populated places established in 1991 Category:1991 establishments in Latvia Category:Populated places in Ķekava Municipality Category:Bauska county
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