Kelmė

Also known as Kelme

Kelmė (; ; ) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, a historical region of Samogitia. It has a population of 8,206 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė District Municipality.

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Place details

Locality: Kelmė
Region: Šiaulių apskritis
Country: Lietuva
Population: 8,245
Timezone: Europe/Vilnius

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.settlement_type: City
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_skyline: Kelme_pond.jpg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_caption: Church of Kelmė
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map: Lithuania
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Kelmė
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_flag: Flag of Kelme.gif
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_shield: Kelmes-herbas.svg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1: Ethnographic region
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1: Samogitia
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2: Šiauliai County
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name3: Kelmė district municipality
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type4: Eldership
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name4: Kelmė eldership
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type6: Capital of

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Kelmė
Population: 7688
Area: 7.85
Elevation: 126
Official website: www.kelme.lt
Image: Kelme pond.jpg

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Commons category: Kelmė
P6482: Kelmė
native label: Kelmė
P8168: Notheme
postal code: 86001

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Kelmė (; ; ) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, a historical region of Samogitia. It has a population of 8,206 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė District Municipality.

==Name== Kelmė's name is likely derived from the Lithuanian word kelmynės, literally: the stubby place, because of the forests that were there at the time of its founding. The Yiddish name is Kelm, as in Kelm Talmud Torah.