Vandzene is a village in
Vandzene parishVandzene parish is an administrative unit of the Talsi District, Latvia.- Towns, villages and settlements of Vandzene parish :* Vandzene...
,
Talsi DistrictTalsi District is an administrative division of Latvia, located in Courland region, in the country's west. It is one of the 26 rural districts of Latvia and it consists of 20 local communities.These include three towns:...
, in the western part of
LatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , and to the southeast by Belarus . Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies Sweden...
. The community's
elevationThe elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, often the mean sea level. Elevation, or geometric height, is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an...
is 49 m (160 ft).
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Vandzene is a village in
Vandzene parishVandzene parish is an administrative unit of the Talsi District, Latvia.- Towns, villages and settlements of Vandzene parish :* Vandzene...
,
Talsi DistrictTalsi District is an administrative division of Latvia, located in Courland region, in the country's west. It is one of the 26 rural districts of Latvia and it consists of 20 local communities.These include three towns:...
, in the western part of
LatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , and to the southeast by Belarus . Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies Sweden...
. The community's
elevationThe elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, often the mean sea level. Elevation, or geometric height, is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an...
is 49 m (160 ft).
The Vandzene Estate was built at the start of the 19th century. At present, Vandzene Gymnasium occupies the estate.
The grand-stone of Vandzene, with a circumference of 26 metres, is the third largest stone in Latvia. In ancient times it was a place of worship and stood amid an
appleThe apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits...
orchard and
birchBirch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.-Description:...
grove.