Kalnciems

Kalnciems
Village
Church in Kalnciems
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Kalnciems Location in Latvia
Coordinates: 56°50′N 23°35′E / 56.833°N 23.583°E / 56.833; 23.583
Country	Latvia
Municipality	Jelgava Municipality
Parish	Kalnciems Parish
Town rights	1991
Lost town rights	2010
Area
• Total	22.7 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Elevation	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Population
• Total	2,548
• Density	112/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	LV-3016
Calling code	+371 630
Website	http://www.kalnciems.lv/

Kalnciems (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a village in Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Located on the left bank of the Lielupe, 5 km south of the A9 motorway. Distance to Jelgava 24 km, to Riga - 49 km. Because of the dolomite and clay mines - in Kalnciems developed a big building materials industry center next to the Lielupe's waterway and by the end of the 19th century, the finished products were transported to Riga for its new buildings.

It had town rights from 1991 to 2010. The nearby Kalnciems Meadows is a natural habitat for fauna such as the corn crake, spotted crake, and black-tailed godwit.^[1]