- Akmenė
Infobox Settlement
name = Akmenė
nickname =
settlement_type =City
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pushpin_label_position =top
pushpin_map_caption =Location of Akmenė
image_shield = Akmene COA.gif
latd=56|latm=19|lats=|latNS=N|longd=22|longm=54|longs=|longEW=E
coordinates_display= inline,title
coordinates_type =region:LT_type:city(2800)
subdivision_type =Country
subdivision_name =LTU
subdivision_type1 =Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1 =Samogitia
subdivision_type2 =County
subdivision_name2 =Šiauliai County
subdivision_type3 =Municipality
subdivision_name3 =Akmenė district municipality
subdivision_type4 =Eldership
subdivision_name4 =Akmenė eldership
subdivision_type6 =Capital of
subdivision_name6 =Akmenė eldership
established_date = 1511
established_title= First mentioned
established_date2= 1592
established_title2=Granted city rights
population_total = 2,813
population_as_of = 2001
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3Akmenė (pronunciation|Akmene.ogg) is a city in northern
Lithuania .Town became famous when geologists found large reserves of limestone and clay there and in 1947 construction work was begun on one of the biggest cement production complexes in the Baltic States. Nearby, a new town grew which was to become the region’s administrative centre:
Naujoji Akmenė (literally means "the New Akmenė").
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