Melluži | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Latvia |
Subdivision Type1: | City |
Subdivision Name1: | Jūrmala |
Area Total Km2: | 4.1 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3372 |
Population Density Km2: | 822.4 |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Melluži is a residential area and neighbourhood of the city Jūrmala, Latvia.
An inn existed in Melluži in the 17th century. In 1827, Baron Karl Fircks build a Kurhaus (spa house) near the inn. Subsequently, the village became known to western visitors as Karlsbad. Plots for summer houses were leased from 1836. [2] [3] The Melluži railway station was established in 1914.[4]