Priekulė

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Priekulė

Total population

1,413

Coordinates55.55°, 21.32°

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

Overview

Priekulė is a small town in Klaipėda District Municipality, in western Lithuania. It is located on the banks of Minija River about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Klaipėda. Priekulė is the seat of Priekulė elderate. It is located in the historic region of Lithuania Minor.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Herbert Böttcher

German jurist, civil law notary and lawyer (1907-1950)

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Ieva Simonaitytė

Lithuanian writer (1897-1978)

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Egon Erzum

German politician (1904-1974)

Ernst Boerschmann

German architect (1873–1949)

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Friedrich Börschmann

German politician

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Heinz Janert

German politician (1897-1973)

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Konrad Loerke

German corvette captain (1909-1975)

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Jurgis Arnašius

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Antanas Pocius

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Kristupas Plonaitis

Mikas Posingis

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Albinas Stubra

Lithuanian journalist

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Jurgis Plonaitis

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Jurgis Traušys

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Martynas Jurgaitis

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Sigitas Valančius

Lithuanian engineer

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

Nearby places in Klaipėda

• Pleškučiai
  1.6 mi away · pop. 130
• Voveriškiai
  1.7 mi away · pop. 56
• Mėželiai
  2 mi away · pop. 59
• Butkai
  2.7 mi away · pop. 81
• Venckai
  2.8 mi away · pop. 219
• Dituva
  3 mi away · pop. 409
• Dercekliai
  3 mi away · pop. 1,851
• Rokai
  3.6 mi away · pop. 41
• Vilkyčiai
  3.9 mi away · pop. 754
• Traubiai
  4.3 mi away · pop. 36
• Kinčiai
  5.3 mi away · pop. 11
• Pėžaičiai
  6.8 mi away · pop. 312

Browse all places in Klaipėda →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.