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Vilkyčiai
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Vilkyčiai
Total population
754
Demographic figures from Statistics Lithuania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Vilkyčiai is a village in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The village was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor.
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History
First mentioned in 1540. In 1969 the nearby Vilkyčiai oil field was discovered and in 1990 the production began. Vilkyčiai includes an archaeological site and an object of cultural heritage, Vilkyčiai cemetery, also known as Ruskalva.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves846
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves760
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves714
- Great Cormorant/European ShagPhalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves707
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves656
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves608
- Mute SwanCygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves576
- Gray/Purple HeronArdea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves560
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here




People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API