Place:Akmenė, Šiauliai, Lithuania

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NameAkmenė
Alt namesAkmenėsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1992) p 645
Naujoji Akmenésource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Naujoji Akmenė districtsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeDistrict Municipality
Coordinates56.333°N 22.917°E
Located inŠiauliai, Lithuania
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Akmenė
Naujoji Akmenė
Papilė
Viekšniai
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Akmenė District Municipality (Lithuanian: Akmenės rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It lies in the Northwest of the country, with the administrative center in Naujoji Akmenė and borders Latvia in the north, Joniškis District in the east, Šiauliai District in the southeast, Telšiai District in the southwest, and Mažeikiai District in the west. The area of the municipality covers ca. 844 km² and is the 43rd largest municipality by total area in the country. Its population shrank from some 30,300 (2001 census) to 18,500 (2021 census) which is around 39% in decline.

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