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Rundāle Palace
Latvia's grandest baroque palace designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, featuring opulent interiors and one of the finest French-style gardens in the Baltics.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Bauska
Bauska Municipality, Latvia · Europe
About Bauska
Bauska is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Iecava, 10km from Rundāle Palace.
Bauska is in Bauska Municipality, Latvia, with about 9,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Iecava, about 21 km away.
Bauska () is a town in its eponymous municipality, found in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia.
Bauska is located 66 km (41 mi) from the Latvian capital Riga, 62 km (38.5 mi) from Jelgava and 20 km (12 mi) from the Lithuanian border on the busy European route E67. The town is situated at the confluence of theRead more
shallow rivers Mūsa and Mēmele, where they form the Lielupe River.
Average temperatures in January are −5 °C (23 °F), and 17.5 °C (63.5 °F) in July. Rainfall averages 500–650 mm (20–26 in) annually. The 80.4% of Bauska Municipality territory is agricultural land and 13% of forests.
In previous centuries, the city was known in German as "Bauske", in Yiddish as "Boisk", in Lithuanian as "Bauskė", and in Polish as "Bowsk".
The population of Bauska is estimated to be 8,200. Bauska is the centre of Bauska Municipality, a first-level national subdivision that has a population of 24,370 with an approximate density of 30 people per km2.
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Within an hour or so of Bauska: Rundāle Palace (10 km).
Where is Bauska?
Bauska is in Bauska Municipality, Latvia, about 21 km from Iecava.
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- Population
- 9,709
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Latvia
- Region
- Bauska Municipality
- Timezone
- Europe/Riga
- Coordinates
- 56.4071, 24.1873
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1 notable place within an hour's drive.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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