Šaukėnai
Šaukėnai is a village in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 596. Šaukėnai has Šaukėnų Holy Trinity masonry church, a high school, a library, a post office, an ethnography museum and Šaukėnai manor with park.Photo: Edgarass, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 596 residents
- Description: little town in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Saukenai”, “Šaukėnų”, “Shaukenay”, “Shavkyany”, and “Szayikiany”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Holy Trinity, Šaukėnai and Šaukėnai gymnasium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Šukiškiai and Ramučiai.
Ramučiai
Village
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ramučiai is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Šaukėnai.
Pakupelkis
Village
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pakupelkis is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Šaukėnai.
Šaukėnai
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Šaukėnų sen., Kelmė District Municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.81188° or 55° 48′ 43″ northLongitude
22.88291° or 22° 52′ 59″ eastPopulation
596Elevation
111 metres (364 feet)Open location code
9G74RV6M+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 902415509OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
594894Wikidata ID
Q2360191
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Šaukėnai” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Šaukėnai”
- Dutch: “Šaukėnai”
- Estonian: “Šaukėnai”
- French: “Šaukėnai”
- Irish: “Šaukėnai”
- Lithuanian: “Šaukėnai”
- Polish: “Szawkiany”
- Russian: “Шавкяны”
- Russian: “Шаукенай”
- Samogitian: “Šaukienā”
- Swedish: “Šaukėnai”
- “Šaukienā”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Šaukėnų kultūros ir amatų centras and Šaukėnų seniūnija.
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