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Ventspils

state city in western Latvia on the Baltic Sea
Place state_city_of_latvia Q104036

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
state city of Latvia, Hanseatic city, city under state jurisdiction in Latvia[7]
Inception
August 8, 1290[19]
Official website
ventspils.lv[20]
Native label
Ventspils
Official name
Ventspils, Вентспилс, Виндава[45][46]

Location

Country
Latvia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 57.390°, 21.564°
Located in or next to body of water
Venta[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Latvia, Windau Commandry, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, Виндавский кирхшпиль, Ventspils county, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Liepāja Kreisgebiet, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic[2]
Shares border with
Tārgale Parish, Vārve Parish[8][9]

Population and size

Area
50.8 (50.8–58, n=6)
Elevation above sea level
+0
Population
32k (7.1k–51k, n=24)[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]

Codes

Local dialing code
36[18]
Postal code
LV-3601 – LV-3621[17]
More facts +10
Capital of
Ventspils county[44]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Latvia/Ventspils City
Head of government
Aivars Lembergs, Jānis Vītoliņš[5][6]
Language used
Livonian
List of monuments
Cultural heritage monuments in Ventspils[47]
Named after
Venta, castle[10][11]
Nominal GDP
+460619000
Nominal GDP per capita
+13900
Twinned administrative body
Stralsund, Lorient, Västervik Municipality, Ningbo, Vinnytsia[12][13][14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ventspils en Vindava en Windau en Vǟnta ar فينتسبيلس de Vindava de Windau el Βέντσπιλς es Vindava es Windau fa ونتسپیلس fi Windau fr Vindava fr Windau he ונטספילס hi विंडाउ hi वेंट्सपील्स hi वेंत्सपिल्स it Vindava it Windau
🔖 Identifiers · 48
VIAF cluster ID
167610018
Library of Congress authority ID
n84020296
GND ID
5030736-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ventspils viduslaiku pils 5.jpg ↗
ATVK ID
0270000, 0007000
ArchINFORM location ID
7247
BBC Things ID
f3fd0f49-5489-459a-ab84-e819d77fcf3c
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
ventspils
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4796
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Ventspils
Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID
7cbe
FAST ID
1228186
Show all 48 identifiers +36
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
LG32
Facebook username
ventspilslv
FactGrid item ID
Andreas Friedrich Uhthoff
Freebase ID
/m/02h6t1
GNS Unique Feature ID
-3214119
GeoNames ID
454311
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ventspils
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0070016
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Ventspils
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1907982
HASC
LV.VS
ISO 3166-2 code
LV-VEN
Image Archive, Herder Institute
Ventspils
Instagram username
ventspilslv
Latvian National Address Register ID
100003060
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID
172450
Latvian toponymic names database ID
66036
Lex ID
Ventspils
Museum-digital place ID
28991
MusicBrainz area ID
e5a13cdd-358a-47bd-9cf8-45db80ce60e1
NL CR AUT ID
ge1118968
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007557505205171
National Library of Latvia ID
000040577
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:G8A;=lR
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3996483
OpenStreetMap relation ID
13048686
OpenWeatherMap city ID
454310
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
geografico/1203319
Topic's main category
Category:Ventspils
UN/LOCODE
LVVNT
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
ventspilis
Who's on First ID
85686123
X (Twitter) username
ventspilslv
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ID
Ventspils
YSO ID
139907
Yale LUX ID
place/522a443b-c39a-4099-a57b-73b707b97df9

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🔗 Connections
People born here 40
Kārlis Lasmanis, Laura Ikauniece, Rebeka Ibrahima, Krists Neilands, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Gundars Vētra, Roberts Krūzbergs, Artūrs Šilovs +32 more
Contained subdivisions 8
Venta, Ventspils International Airport, Port of Ventspils, Ventspils Castle, Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, Ventspils, Kustes dārzs
← Headquarters location 6
FK Ventspils, BK Ventspils, FC Tranzit, FK Venta, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, FK Vindava
Located in this place 5
BK Ventspils, Latvian Naval Forces, 2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, 2014 Baltic Cup, 2008 European Orienteering Championships
Twinned administrative body 5
Vinnytsia, Lorient, Stralsund, Ningbo, Västervik Municipality
← Twinned administrative body 5
Vinnytsia, Lorient, Stralsund, Porvoo, Västervik Municipality
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Nordisk familjebok, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
Latvia, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, Ventspils county
← Place of publication 4
Lettländische Schachzeitung, Windauscher Anzeiger, Windausches Blatt, Windausche Zeitung
People who died here 3
Uļi Kīnkamäg, Hilda Grīva, Kurt Böhmer
← Capital 3
Ventspils Municipality, Ventspils District, Ventspils county
← Category combines topics 3
Category:People from Ventspils, Category:Sport in Ventspils, Category:Births in Ventspils
← Shares border with 3
Ventspils Municipality, Tārgale Parish, Vārve Parish
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
Named after 2
castle, Venta
Residents 2
Kārlis Lasmanis, Ritvars Suharevs
Shares border with 2
Tārgale Parish, Vārve Parish
Capital of 1
Ventspils county
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Ventspils
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Ventspils
Country 1
Latvia
Head of government 1
Aivars Lembergs
Image Archive, Herder Institute 1
Ventspils
Instance of 1
Hanseatic city
Language used 1
Livonian
Located in or next to body of water 1
Venta
Named after 1
Ventspils International Airport
Topic's main category 1
Category:Ventspils
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Ventspils
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Latvia
← FactGrid item ID 1
Anzy-le-Duc
← Image Archive, Herder Institute 1
Ventspils
← Indigenous to 1
Livonian
← Main subject 1
Template:Country data Ventspils
← Place served by transport hub 1
Ventspils International Airport
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Summary

Ventspils is a state city of Latvia[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ventspils include Ventspils International Airport[48], an international airport[49], in Latvia[50], founded in 1975[51].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Ventspils include Ventspils International Airport[48], an international airport[49], in Latvia[50], founded in 1975[51].

Related Entities

Latvia Lorient Ningbo Porvoo Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . ventspils.lv. ventspils.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . vmr.gov.ua. vmr.gov.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . pasts.lv. pasts.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . data.stat.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  32. [33] ↑ . pop-stat.mashke.org. pop-stat.mashke.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  43. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [45] ↑ . likumi.lv. likumi.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Postal code → LV-3601 – LV-3621
    Located in time zone → —
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  2. 20w ago · Liinisx · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+32955'}, {'amount': '+39861'}, {'amount': '+35362'} +21
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+55.4'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+57.949034'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+57.97'} +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-rank:1||1 */ Population: 32,723"
  3. 22w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID → geografico/1203319
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID: geografico/1203319"
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