Place:Šilutė, Klaipėda, Lithuania

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NameŠilutė
Alt namesŠilutėsource: Family History Library Catalog
Šilutėsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Šilutė districtsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeDistrict Municipality
Coordinates55.333°N 21.5°E
Located inKlaipėda, Lithuania
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Rusnė
Šilutė
Švėkšna
Žemaiči̜u Naumiestis
Municipality
Pagėgiai
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Šilutė District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It is known for spring floods when ice on Nemunas River starts melting. This is the only municipality in Lithuania that gets flooded on regular basis.

Unemployment rate in the municipality dropped from 10.9% in January 2003 to 7.7% in January 2005. However, the national rate remains 1.2-1.7% lower.

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