List of renamed cities in Latvia

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The following is the list of cities in Latvia that underwent a name change in the past.

  • Stučka → Aizkraukle
  • Dünaburg → Borisoglebsk → (1656) → Dünaburg (1667) → Dvinsk (1893) → Daugavpils (1920)
  • Libau → Libava → Liepāja (1917)
  • Birži → Madona (1920)
  • Windau → Ventspils (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Wenden → Cēsis (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Schrunden → Skrunda (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Stukmaņi → Pļaviņas (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Sasmaka → Valdemārpils (1926)
  • Haynasch → Ainaži (1917)
  • Marienburg → Alūksne (~1750)
  • Vecauce → Auce (1924)
  • Mitau → Mītava → Jelgava (~1860)
  • Wolmar → Valmiera (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Jakobstadt → Jēkabpils (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Goldingen → Kuldīga (parallel use until the 1920s)
  • Neibāde → Saulkrasti (until 1931)
  • Lemesele → Lemsal → Limbaži (until 1931)

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