Šimkaičiai

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Šimkaičiai

Total population

204

Elevation65 m

Coordinates55.23°, 23.00°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Šimkaičiai is a town in Jurbarkas district municipality, Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town had a population of 265 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 204.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Alvydas Nikžentaitis

Lithuanian historian

A

Antanas Barčas

Lithuanian actor (1928-1990)

A

Antanas Gailius

Lithuanian poet

S

Stasys Santvaras

Lithuanian opera singer

R

Ričardas Juška

Lithuanian politician

Vytautas Sirtautas

Lithuanian linguist

A

Alfredas Tytmonas

D

Dzidas Budrys

J

Jonas Kauneckis

J

Juozapas Girdzijauskas

J

Juozas Lukoševičius

Kleopas Jakaitis

K

Kęstutis Demskis

N

Nijolė Gulbinienė

S

Stasys Stankus

V

Vytautas Girdzijauskas

civil servant, Soviet Union

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

Nearby places in Tauragė

• Vadžgirys
  3.4 mi away · pop. 440
• Pauliai
  3.5 mi away · pop. 226
• Griaužai
  5.5 mi away · pop. 82
• Baltraitiškė
  5.6 mi away · pop. 138
• Rupeikiai
  5.7 mi away · pop. 19
• Gudžiūnai
  7.1 mi away · pop. 21
• Butkaičiai
  7.3 mi away · pop. 52
• Pavidaujys
  7.5 mi away · pop. 2
• Girdžiai
  9.1 mi away · pop. 433
• Skirsnemuniškiai II
  9.6 mi away · pop. 18
• Šilinė
  9.8 mi away · pop. 19
• Raudonėnai
  10 mi away · pop. 152

Browse all places in Tauragė →

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

Platycis minutus

Platycis minutus

Seen 2026-09-07

European Golden-Plover

Pluvialis apricaria

Seen 2026-09-01

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-08-26

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-08-24

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Seen 2026-08-21

English oak

Quercus robur

Seen 2026-08-21

Festoon

Apoda limacodes

Seen 2026-08-16

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-08-15

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2026-08-15

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