Alsunga
Alsunga is a pocket-sized Latvian village in the Courland region known as the heartland of the Suiti, a Catholic community whose cultural traditions were added to the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009 — an unusual enclave within predominantly Lutheran western Latvia. The village dates to at least 1230, and its Catholic identity traces to 1634, when local landowner Johan Ulrich von Schwerin invited Jesuits to convert his peasants after his own conversion to marry a Lithuanian noblewoman.
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- Population940
- Nearest water from center 0.3 km0.2 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 0.6 km0.4 mi
Nearest airports
Nearest train stations
Alsunga: quick answers
Where is Alsunga?
Alsunga is in Kurzeme, Latvia, about 63 km39 miles in a straight line from Liepāja.
How do you get to Alsunga?
The nearest airport is Ventspils (VNT), about 55 min away by road. The nearest train station is Ventspils-1, about 53 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Alsunga?
The warmest month is July, averaging 18°C64°F across day and night; the coolest is February, at -2°C29°F. The wettest month is August, with about 84 mm3.3 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Alsunga?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 museums, 1 café and 1 place of worship within 2 km of the centre.