Svencelė
Appearance
Svencelė | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 55°29′38.4″N 21°15′7.2″E / 55.494000°N 21.252000°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Lithuania Minor |
County | Klaipėda County |
Municipality | Klaipėda district municipality |
Eldership | Priekulė eldership |
First mentioned | 1509 |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 93 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Svencelė is a village in the centre of Klaipėda County in western Lithuania, by the Curonian Lagoon. The village was part of the Klaipėda Region and the ethnographic Lithuania Minor.
History
[edit]Svencelė was first mentioned in 1509.[1]
In 1972 the nearby Svencelė oil field began production.[2][3][4]
Demography
[edit]Historical population
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Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 |
References
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