Svencelė
Svencelė | |
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Village | |
 View of Svencelė | |
  Svencelė Location of Svencelė | |
| 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
Svencelė was first mentioned in 1509.[1]
In 1972 the nearby Svencelė oil field began production.[2][3][4]
Demography
Historical population
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