Kvėdarna
Sign in to saveKvėdarna (Yiddish: כװידאן) is a town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1,597 people.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kvėdarna
- Region
- Tauragės apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kvėdarna
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- KvėdarnosBažn.JPG
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kvedarna COA.gif
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lithuania Šilalė District Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_image
- Kvedarnos seniunija (Silales rajono zemelapis).png
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Šilalė district municipality220px|center
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tauragė
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Šilalė
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Eldership
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kvėdarnos
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 1597
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Kvėdarna (Yiddish: כװידאן) is a town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1,597 people.
The etymology of the name is unknown, there are close to no similar words in Lithuanian. The only guess is the name of the river "Kvėdainale" and the hypothetical shift 'i' -> 'r'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kvėdarna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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