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Valdemarpils is a town
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Valdemarpils is a town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 in northwestern Latvia
Latvia

Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
, near Talsi
Talsi

Talsi is a town in Latvia. It is the center of Talsu county....
. The town is named after Krišjanis Valdemars
Krišjanis Valdemars

Kri?janis Valdemars was a writer, Editing, Education, politician, lexicographer, Folkloristics and economist, the spiritual leader of the first Latvian National Awakening and the most prominent member of the Young Latvians movement....
, born in nearby Arlava parish, who started modern Latvian seafaring. He is celebrated in the town with a memorial stone.