Valdemārpils

Valdemārpils
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Valdemārpils Location in Latvia
Coordinates: 57°22′N 22°35′E / 57.367°N 22.583°E / 57.367; 22.583Coordinates: 57°22′N 22°35′E / 57.367°N 22.583°E / 57.367; 22.583
Country	Latvia
District	Talsi District
Town rights	1917
Population
• Total	2,757
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	LV-3260
Calling code	+371 632

Valdemārpils ( pronunciation ; German: Saßmacken) (called Sasmaka until 1926) is a town in northwestern Latvia, near Talsi. The town is named after Krišjānis Valdemārs, born in nearby Valdgale parish (then part of Ārlava parish), who was one of the leaders of the First Latvian National Awakening. He is celebrated in the town with a memorial stone. Famous Jewish bibliographer and book collector Ephraim Deinard was born here in 1846.

Sasmaka manor

Lutheran church in Valdemārpils

Monument to Krišjānis Valdemārs

Pentecostal church in Valdemārpils

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