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Svencelė

Coordinates: 55°29′38.4″N 21°15′7.2″E / 55.494000°N 21.252000°E / 55.494000; 21.252000
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Svencelė
Village
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Svencelė is located in Lithuania
Svencelė
Svencelė
Location of Svencelė
Coordinates: 55°29′38.4″N 21°15′7.2″E / 55.494000°N 21.252000°E / 55.494000; 21.252000
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionLithuania Minor
County Klaipėda County
MunicipalityKlaipėda district municipality
EldershipPriekulė eldership
First mentioned1509
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
93
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfb

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

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Svencelė was first mentioned in 1509.[1]

In 1972 the nearby Svencelė oil field began production.[2][3][4]

Demography

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Historical population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1871251—    
1905392+1.32%
1910383−0.46%
1925413+0.50%
1959195−2.18%
1970268+2.93%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979264−0.17%
1989159−4.94%
2001152−0.37%
2011113−2.92%
202193−1.93%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

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