Gargždai
Gargždai is a city in western Lithuania located in Klaipėda County. The Minija River flows through the city. The Gargždai Stadium is the city's main sports venue where the FK Banga Gargždai play its home games.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 15,000 residents
- Description: city in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Gardždai”, “Gargzdai”, “Gargždų”, “Gargzhday”, “Garsden”, “Garždai”, and “Gorzdy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Gargždai and Kalniškės piliakalnis.
Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Gargždai
Church
Photo: Vilnietis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St. Michael the Archangel is a Roman Catholic church in Gargždai, Lithuania. The church was constructed in 1989–1990 on the site of the former church, which was burned down during World War II in 1941, however a belfry constructed in the 19th century and a Classical style chapel remained from the period of the old church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gerduvėnai and Maciuičiai.
Gerduvėnai
Village
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gerduvėnai is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Gargždai.
Maciuičiai
Village
Photo: Kusurija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maciuičiai is a village, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Gargždai.
Gargždai
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Gargždų sen., Klaipėda District Municipality, Klaipėda County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.71757° or 55° 43′ 3″ northLongitude
21.39502° or 21° 23′ 42″ eastPopulation
15,000Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)United Nations Location Code
LT GZDOpen location code
9G73P99W+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 32445950OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Volapük—“Gargždai” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գարգժդայ”
- Asturian: “Gargždai”
- Belarusian: “Гаргждай”
- Belarusian: “Гаржды”
- Belarusian: “Гарсдан”
- Belarusian: “Гарсдэн”
- Belarusian: “Горжды”
- Catalan: “Gargždai”
- Cebuano: “Gargždai”
- Chinese: “加爾格日代”
- Czech: “Gargždai”
- Danish: “Gargždai”
- Dimli (individual language): “Gargždai”
- Dutch: “Gargzdai”
- Dutch: “Gargždai”
- Esperanto: “Gargždai”
- Estonian: “Gargždai”
- Finnish: “Gargždai”
- French: “Gargždai”
- Georgian: “გარგჟდაი”
- German: “Gargždai”
- Greek: “Γκαργκζντάι”
- Hebrew: “גורז’ד”
- Hebrew: “גרגז’דאי”
- Hungarian: “Gargždai”
- Indonesian: “Gargždai”
- Italian: “Gargždai”
- Japanese: “ガルグジュダイ”
- Korean: “가르그주다이”
- Latvian: “Gargždi”
- Lithuanian: “Gargždai”
- Moksha: “Гаргждай”
- Nauru: “Gargždai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gargždai”
- Norwegian: “Gargždai”
- Persian: “گارگژدای”
- Piemontese: “Gargždai”
- Polish: “Gorżdy”
- Portuguese: “Gargždai”
- Romanian: “Gargždai”
- Russian: “Гаргждай”
- Russian: “Горджи” (historical)
- Samogitian: “Gargždā”
- Serbian: “Гаргждај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gargždai”
- Spanish: “Gargždai”
- Swahili: “Gargždai”
- Swedish: “Gargždai”
- Tatar: “Гаргждай”
- Ukrainian: “Гаргждай”
- Upper Sorbian: “Gargždai”
- Urdu: “گارگژدئی”
- Volapük: “Gargždai”
- “Gargždā”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Klaipėdos rajono savivaldybės priešgaisrinė tarnyba and Gargždų paštas.
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