Vilkyčiai | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vilkyčiai |
Coordinates: | 55.518°N 21.395°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lithuania Minor |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Klaipėda County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Šilutė district municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name4: | Saugos eldership |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date2: | 1540 |
Population Total: | 668 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Climate |
Blank Info Sec1: | Dfb |
Vilkyčiai is a village in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The village was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor.
First mentioned in 1540.
In 1969 the nearby Vilkyčiai oil field was discovered and in 1990 started the production.[1] [2] [3]
Vilkyčiai includes an archaeological site and an object of cultural heritage, Vilkyčiai cemetery, also known as Ruskalva.[4]
Vilkyčiai Circuit motorsport venue operating nearby and regularly hosting national and international championships.[5]