Švėkšna
Švėkšna is a town in the Šilutė District municipality, 21 km northeast of Šilutė, Lithuania. It is the administrative center of Švėkšna Eldership. There are 29 streets in the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 1,650 residents
- Description: town in the Šilutė District municipality, Lithuania
- Also known as: “Shvekshna”, “Shvekshna, Švekšnos, Szweksznie”, “Sveksna”, and “Švekšnos”
Photo: RügenSommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. James the Apostle, Švėkšna and Švėkšna Manor.
Švėkšna Manor
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Švėkšna Manor is a former residential manor in Švėkšna, Šilutė district. It was last occupied by Countess Felicija Laimė Broël-Plater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalnalis and Vilkėnas I.
Stirpeikos
Village
Photo: Lamata, Public domain.
Stirpeikos is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Švėkšna.
Švėkšna
- Category: locality
- Location: Švėkšnos sen., Šilutė District Municipality, Klaipėda County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.51649° or 55° 30′ 59″ northLongitude
21.6221° or 21° 37′ 20″ eastPopulation
1,650Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
9G73GJ8C+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 512534124OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
594072Wikidata ID
Q606181
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Švėkšna” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Švėkšna”
- Belarusian: “Швекшна”
- Catalan: “Švėkšna”
- Cebuano: “Szweksznie”
- Czech: “Švėkšna”
- Dutch: “Švėkšna”
- Esperanto: “Švėkšna”
- Estonian: “Švėkšna”
- Finnish: “Švėkšna”
- Hebrew: “שווקשנה”
- Lithuanian: “Švėkšna”
- Polish: “Szweksznie”
- Russian: “Швекшна”
- Samogitian: “Šviekšna”
- Swedish: “Švėkšna”
- “Šviekšna”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Švėkšnos Paštas and Turgaus Aikštė.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Švėkšna”. Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.