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Gargždai
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Gargždai () is a city in western Lithuania located in Klaipėda County. The Minija River flows through the city. The Gargždai Stadium is the city's main sports venue where the FK Banga Gargždai play its home games.
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Gargždai is a city in Lithuania, situated within the Klaipėda District Municipality and the Dauparai-Kvietiniai Eldership. It serves as the capital of these administrative entities. The city’s earliest written record dates to 1253. Gargždai is a member of the Union of the Baltic Cities and is twinned with Iława.
The city has a population of 16,461 and covers an area of 1.735 square kilometers. It lies at an elevation of 9 meters above sea level. Gargždai is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gargždai
- Region
- Klaipėdos apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 16,433
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Key facts
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- Gargždai
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- City
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Gargždai
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- Flag of Gargždai.gif
- Settlement.image_shield
- Gargždai COA.svg
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Ethnographic region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Samogitia
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- County
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- 20px Klaipėda County
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
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- Klaipėda district municipality
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- Eldership
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Gargždai eldership
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- Capital of
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- Klaipėda district municipality Gargždai eldership
- Settlement.established_date
- 1253
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- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Sports
- Industry
- Twin towns — Sister cities
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Gargždai () is a city in western Lithuania located in Klaipėda County. The Minija River flows through the city. The Gargždai Stadium is the city's main sports venue where the FK Banga Gargždai play its home games.
==Etymology== The etymology of the town's name is uncertain, but it is thought to derive from the common word gargždas, meaning "pebbles, gravel". In the Teutonic Order partition act of 1253, the town was mentioned as Garisda. It seems reasonable to suggest that the name of the town is derived from the Gargždupis River, which flows in the vicinity of the Kalniškė hillfort adjacent to Gargždai. The name of the river may also have been influenced by its stony and gravelly banks. There is no doubt that the origin of the town's name is Curonian, as similar names are common in territories inhabited by the Curonians.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gargždai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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