Šilutė District Municipality

Šilutė District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in . It is known for spring floods when ice on the Nemunas River starts melting. This is the only municipality in Lithuania that has flooding on a regular basis.
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  • Type: district municipality of Lithuania with 42,500 residents
  • Description: district municipality of Lithuania
  • Also known as: “88”, “Landkreis Šilutė”, “Municipalità del distretto di Šilutė”, “municipalité du district de Šilutė”, “Rayonsgemeinde Šilutė”, “Šėlotės rajuona savėvaldībė”, “Šėlotės rajuona savivaldībė”, “Šėlōtės rajuons”, “Silute”, “Šilutės r. sav.”, “Šilutės rajonas”, “Šilutes rajons”, “Шилутский район”, and “Шилутский район Литвы”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Macikai POW and GULAG Camps and Šilutė train station.

Museum
Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.
is location of the German…

Railway station
Photo: Pegasas, Public domain.
is a railway station.

Church
Photo: Žiedas, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Šilutė and Macikai.

Town
Photo: Petriukas, GFDL.
is a city in the south of the in western Lithuania.

Village
Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.
is a village in Šilutė District Municipality, Lithuania, 2 km east of Šilute.

Village
Photo: Žiedas, CC BY 3.0.
is a village.

Šilutė District Municipality

Latitude
55.35° or 55° 21′ north
Longitude
21.4833° or 21° 29′ east
Population
42,500
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
9G738FXM+X8
Geo­Names ID
864496
Wiki­data ID
Q282098
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Šilutė District Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Distritu de Šilutė”
  • Belarusian: “Шылакарчмянскі раён”
  • Belarusian: “Шылуцкі раён”
  • Catalan: “Districte municipal de Šilutė”
  • Cebuano: “Šilutė (munisipyo sa Litwanya)”
  • Cebuano: “Šilutė”
  • Chinese: “希盧泰區”
  • Czech: “okres Šilutė”
  • Dutch: “Šilutė”
  • Esperanto: “Komunumo Šilutė”
  • Estonian: “Šilutė rajoon”
  • Finnish: “Šilutėn kunnallispiiri”
  • French: “Municipalité du district de Šilutė”
  • French: “Šilutė”
  • Georgian: “შილუტის რაიონი”
  • German: “Rajongemeinde Šilutė”
  • Hebrew: “שילוטה”
  • Italian: “comune distrettuale di Šilutė”
  • Italian: “Comune distrettuale di Šilutė”
  • Korean: “실루테구”
  • Latvian: “Šilutes rajona pašvaldība”
  • Lithuanian: “Šilutės rajono savivaldybė”
  • Lombard: “Municipalitaa distrecc da Šilutė”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Šilutė Koān Chū-tī-thé”
  • Northern Frisian: “Šilutė (Lungemeend)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Šilutė”
  • Polish: “Rejon szyłokarczemski”
  • Russian: “Шилутское районное самоуправление”
  • Samogitian: “Šėlotės rajuons”
  • Slovak: “okres Šilutė”
  • Slovenian: “Rajonska občina Šilutė”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Šilutė”
  • Swedish: “Šilutė (kommun i Litauen)”
  • Swedish: “Šilutė landskommun”
  • Ukrainian: “Шилутський район”
  • Urdu: “شیلوتے ضلع بلدیہ”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Barzdūnai and Verdainė.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Stotis Šilutė and Šyšos Miškas.

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