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.
silute.lt
Wikipedia
  • Type: district municipality of Lithuania with 42,500 residents
  • Description: district municipality of Lithuania
  • Also known as: “88”, “Silute”, and “Šilutės rajono savivaldybė”

Places of Interest

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

Museum
Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.
is location of the German, later Soviet prisoner-of-war camp and the Soviet GULAG forced labor camp located near the village of in German-occupied Lithuania and later, the Lithuanian SSR.

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. The city is part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic . was the interwar capital of County and is currently the capital of District Municipality.

Village
Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.
is a village in Šilutė District Municipality, Lithuania, 2 km east of Šilute. The village is within the Lithuanian Coastal Lowlands. The Šyša river flows around along its northwestern and northeastern edges.

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
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Šilutė District Municipality from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

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: “Šilutė Koān Chū-tī-thé”
  • Chinese: “希盧泰區”
  • Czech: “okres Šilutė”
  • Czech: “Šilutės rajono savivaldybė”
  • Dutch: “Šilutė”
  • Esperanto: “Komunumo Šilutė”
  • Estonian: “Šilutė rajoon”
  • Finnish: “Šilutėn kunnallispiiri”
  • French: “municipalité du district de Šilutė”
  • French: “Municipalité du district de Šilutė”
  • French: “Šilutė”
  • Georgian: “შილუტის რაიონი”
  • German: “Landkreis Šilutė”
  • German: “Rajongemeinde Šilutė”
  • German: “Rayonsgemeinde Šilutė”
  • Hebrew: “שילוטה”
  • Italian: “comune distrettuale di Šilutė”
  • Italian: “Comune distrettuale di Šilutė”
  • Italian: “Municipalità del distretto di Šilutė”
  • Korean: “실루테구”
  • Latvian: “Šilutes rajona pašvaldība”
  • Latvian: “Šilutės rajono savivaldybė”
  • Latvian: “Šilutes rajons”
  • Lithuanian: “Šilutės r. sav.”
  • Lithuanian: “Šilutės rajonas”
  • 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: “Шилутский район Литвы”
  • Russian: “Шилутский район”
  • Russian: “Шилутское районное самоуправление”
  • Samogitian: “Šėlotės rajuona savėvaldībė”
  • Samogitian: “Šėlotės rajuona savivaldībė”
  • Samogitian: “Šėlotės rajuons”
  • Samogitian: “Šėlōtės 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”
  • “Šėlotės rajuons”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barzdūnai and Verdainė.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stotis Šilutė and Šyšos Miškas.

Lithuania: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, and Šiauliai.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.