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Vilkyčiai

Coordinates: 55°31′4.8″N 21°23′42″E / 55.518000°N 21.39500°E / 55.518000; 21.39500
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Vilkyčiai
Village
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View of Vilkyčiai
Vilkyčiai is located in Lithuania
Vilkyčiai
Vilkyčiai
Location of Vilkyčiai
Coordinates: 55°31′4.8″N 21°23′42″E / 55.518000°N 21.39500°E / 55.518000; 21.39500
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionLithuania Minor
County Klaipėda County
MunicipalityŠilutė district municipality
EldershipSaugos eldership
Population
 (2021)
 • Total668
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfb

Vilkyčiai is a village in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The village was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor.

History

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First mentioned in 1540.

In 1969 the nearby Vilkyčiai oil field was discovered and in 1990 started the production.[1][2][3]

Archaeology

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Vilkyčiai includes an archaeological site and an object of cultural heritage, Vilkyčiai cemetery, also known as Ruskalva.[4]

Demography

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Historical population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1871363—    
1885331−0.66%
1910416+0.92%
1925407−0.15%
1959426+0.13%
1970470+0.90%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979510+0.91%
1989784+4.39%
2001901+1.17%
2011754−1.77%
2021668−1.20%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Sports

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Vilkyčiai Circuit motorsport venue operating nearby and regularly hosting national and international championships.[5]

References

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  1. ^ naftos pramonė
  2. ^ "Minijos nafta" Vilkyčiuose gręžia naują gręžinį
  3. ^ Lotus - APIE MUS - Istorija
  4. ^ Vilkyčių kapinynas, vad. Ruskalva
  5. ^ "Vilkyčių trasoje užfiksuotas naujas masiškumo rekordas". lrytas.lt. July 30, 2018.