title: List of renamed cities in Latvia
text: # List of renamed cities in Latvia
  
  The following is the list of cities in Latvia that underwent a name change in the past.
  
  * Stučka → Aizkraukle
  * Dünaburg → Borisoglebsk → (1656) → Dünaburg (1667) → Dvinsk (1893) → Daugavpils (1920)
  * Libau → Libava → Liepāja (1917)
  * Birži → Madona (1920)
  * Windau → Ventspils (parallel use until the 1920s)
  * Wenden → Cēsis (parallel use until the 1920s)
  * Schrunden → Skrunda (parallel use until the 1920s)
  * Stukmaņi → Pļaviņas (parallel use until the 1920s)
  * Sasmaka → Valdemārpils (1926)
  * Haynasch → Ainaži (1917)
  * Marienburg → Alūksne (~1750)
  * Vecauce → Auce (1924)
  * Mitau → Mītava → Jelgava (~1860)
  * Wolmar → Valmiera (parallel use until the 1920s)
  * Jakobstadt → Jēkabpils (parallel use until the 1920s)
  * Goldingen → Kuldīga (parallel use until the 1920s)
  * Neibāde → Saulkrasti (until 1931)
  * Lemesele → Lemsal → Limbaži (until 1931)
  