Švėkšna
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Švėkšna is a town in the Šilutė District municipality, 21 km northeast of Šilutė, Lithuania. It is the administrative center of Švėkšna Eldership. There are 29 streets in the town. In the western part of the town flows the river .
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- Lithuania
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- Municipality
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- Šilutė district municipality
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- Elderate
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- Švėkšna elderate
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- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Šilutė District Municipality
- Population
- 1649
- Elevation
- 42
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Synagoge Švėkšna.jpg
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- Švėkšna
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Švėkšna is a town in the Šilutė District municipality, 21 km northeast of Šilutė, Lithuania. It is the administrative center of Švėkšna Eldership. There are 29 streets in the town. In the western part of the town flows the river .
There is a mental hospital in the town, as well as a health care centre, pharmacy, "Saulės" secondary school, affiliates of music and art schools of Šilutė, kindergarten, recreation center, library, museum, 2 churches, the renovated synagogue, the parish's nursing home, the planning department, a post office, police station and fire house.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Švėkšna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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