Šilutė
Sign in to saveŠilutė (; previously Šilokarčiama; ) is a city in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The city is part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor. Šilutė was the interwar capital of Šilutė County and is currently the capital of Šilutė District Municipality.
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Place details
- Locality
- Šilutė
- Region
- Klaipėdos apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 14,968
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Šilutė
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- Location of Šilutė
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- Country
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- Ethnographic region
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- Lithuania Minor
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Šilutė
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Šilutė Eldership
- Population
- +15952
- Elevation
- +8
- Capital of
- Šilutė Eldership
- Official website
- www.silute.lt
- Image
- Šilutės evangelikų liuteronų bažnyčia 2010.jpg
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Šilutė (; previously Šilokarčiama; ) is a city in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The city is part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor. Šilutė was the interwar capital of Šilutė County and is currently the capital of Šilutė District Municipality.
==Name== Šilutė's origin dates to an inn (Krug, locally karčema) catering to travelers and their horses which was located halfway between Klaipėda and Tilsit (Tilžė). The German name of Heydekrug referred to a Krug (an archaic word for inn) in the Heide (heathland). The inn was known for being in the region where most people spoke the Memelland-Samogitian dialect Šilokarčema.