Svencelė
Village
View of Svencelė
View of Svencelė
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)
  Total93
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

Svencelė was first mentioned in 1509.[1]

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

Demography

Historical population

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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