Cēsis

city and capital of Cēsis Municipality, Latvia
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Cēsis

Summary

Cēsis is a city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[1]. Cēsis ranks in the top 4% of city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,222 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cēsis was a member of Union of the Baltic Cities[3].
  • Cēsis is located in Cēsis Municipality[4].
  • Cēsis is in the country of Latvia[5].
  • Cēsis is on the body of water Gauja[6].
  • Cēsis's head of government is recorded as Q42270633[7].
  • Cēsis's instance of is recorded as city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[8].
  • Cēsis's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city[9].
  • Cēsis's instance of is recorded as city[10].
  • Cēsis's official language is recorded as Latvian[11].
  • Cēsis's twinned administrative body is recorded as Achim[12].
  • Cēsis's twinned administrative body is recorded as Venafro[13].
  • Cēsis's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tyresö Municipality[14].
  • Cēsis's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rokiškis[15].
  • Cēsis's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rakvere[16].
  • Cēsis's twinned administrative body is recorded as Suwałki[17].
  • Cēsis's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alytus[18].
  • Cēsis's postal code is recorded as LV-4101[19].
  • Cēsis's Commons category is recorded as Cēsis[20].
  • Cēsis's local dialing code is recorded as 41[21].
  • 1206 marks the founding of Cēsis[22].
  • Cēsis's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 57.313055555556, 'longitude': 25.274722222222}[23].
  • Cēsis's official website is recorded as https://www.cesis.lv/[24].
  • Cēsis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cēsis[25].
  • Cēsis has a population of {'amount': '+15466'}[26].
  • Cēsis has a population of {'amount': '+15293'}[27].

Body

Geography

Cēsis is in the country of Latvia[5]. Cēsis is located in Cēsis Municipality[4]. Cēsis is on the body of water Gauja[6].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+15466'}[26], {'amount': '+15293'}[27], {'amount': '+15034'}[28], {'amount': '+14871'}[29], {'amount': '+14815'}[30], and {'amount': '+14766'}[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[8], Hanseatic city[9], and city[10].

History and Context

1206 marks the founding of Cēsis[22].

Why It Matters

Cēsis ranks in the top 4% of city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,222 views/month).[2] Cēsis has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Cēsis is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 11d ago · Papuass · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Lv-Q107582-Cēsis-Papuass.ogg
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P443]]: Lv-Q107582-Cēsis-Papuass.ogg, Added pronunciation recorded via WikiSayIt 0.2.2"
  2. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 9w ago · C960657 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → Cēsis, Wenden
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: Wenden"
  4. 15w ago · Liinisx · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+15466'}, {'amount': '+15293'}, {'amount': '+15034'} +34
    Area → {'amount': '+19.28'}, {'amount': '+19.261401'}, {'amount': '+19.27'} +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-rank:1||1 */ [[Property:P1082]]: 15,020"
  5. 17w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → geografico/1203331
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10077]]: geografico/1203331"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Cēsis
    Official name → Венден
    Gnd id → 4094884-5
    Capital of → Wenden Voivodeship, Iskolat, Cēsis county +3
    + 84 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 506332, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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