Svencelė
Village in Lithuania Minor, Lithuania
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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.
Svencelė | |
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Village | |
View of Svencelė | |
  Svencelė Location of Svencelė | |
| Coordinates: 55°29′38.4″N 21°15′7.2″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 |
History
Svencelė was first mentioned in 1509.[1]
In 1972 the nearby Svencelė oil field began production.[2][3][4]
