Kelmė

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Kelmė

Total population

9,150

Elevation126 m

Land area7.85 km²

Coordinates55.63°, 22.93°

Demographic figures from Statistics Lithuania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kelmė is a city in northwestern Lithuania, a historical region of Samogitia. It has a population of 8,206 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė District Municipality.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Icchokas Meras

Lithuanian Jewish writer (1932-2014)

R

Ramūnas Vyšniauskas

Lithuanian weightlifter

B

Boris Bazarov

Soviet secret police officer (1893–1939)

Morris Ginsberg

Litvak-British sociologist

V

Vytautas Dudėnas

Lithuanian economist and politician

Vitalijus Gailius

Lithuanian politician

Kęstutis Masiulis

Lithuanian politician

Monika Paulikienė

Lithuanian beach volleyball player

R

Rimas Valčiukas

Lithuanian politician

Aleksandras Lileikis

Lithuanian police officer, nazi official (1907-2000)

Rimas Tuminas

Lithuanian director (1952–2024)

L

Liudvikas Adomas Jucevičius

Aryeh Leib Frumkin

rabbi

V

Vaidas Bacys

Lithuanian teacher

E

Eimantas Grakauskas

Lithuanian jurist and politician

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel

LIthuanian rabbi

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Šiauliai

• Varės
  1.1 mi away · pop. 6
• Šilgališkiai
  1.2 mi away · pop. 6
• Jasiškė
  1.3 mi away · pop. 3
• Kakoniškė
  1.5 mi away · pop. 141
• Bulkai
  1.6 mi away · pop. 8
• Laukoduma
  1.7 mi away · pop. 16
• Gedkančiai
  1.7 mi away · pop. 29
• Verpena
  1.8 mi away · pop. 369
• Mažūniukai
  2 mi away
• Noruišiai
  2.2 mi away · pop. 2
• Pakalnė
  2.2 mi away · pop. 15
• Graužai
  2.4 mi away · pop. 8

Browse all places in Šiauliai →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

saucer bug

Ilyocoris cimicoides

Seen 2026-10-16

Cherry Gall Wasp

Cynips quercusfolii

Seen 2026-10-11

Field digger wasp

Mellinus arvensis

Seen 2026-10-07

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

Seen 2026-09-20

Viviparous Lizard

Zootoca vivipara

Seen 2026-09-20

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-20

Red Deer

Cervus elaphus

Seen 2026-09-19

Goat Moth

Cossus cossus

Seen 2026-09-17

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).