Plungė

Plungė

Infobox Settlement
name = Plungė
nickname =
settlement_type = City
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Plungė
image_shield = Plunge COA.gif
latd=55|latm=55|lats=|latNS=N|longd=21|longm=51|longs=|longEW=E
coordinates_display= inline,title
coordinates_type = region:LT_type:city(23000)
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = LTU
subdivision_type1 = Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1 = Samogitia
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Telšiai County
subdivision_type3 = Municipality
subdivision_name3 = Plungė district municipality
subdivision_type4 = Eldership
subdivision_name4 = Plungė town eldership
subdivision_type6 = Capital of
subdivision_name6 = Plungė district municipality
Plungė town eldership
Plungė rural eldership
established_date = 1567
established_title = First mentioned
established_date2 = 1792
established_title2= Granted city rights
population_total = 23,138
population_as_of = 2007
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
website= http://www.plunge.lt

Plungė (pronunciation|Plunge.ogg) is a city in Lithuania with 23,246 inhabitants. It has a crabstick factory which exports to many countries in Europe.

Before World War II, Plunge had a large Jewish population.

History

It is thought that the territory in which Plungė is situated was inhabited in 5th–1st centuries BC. After the Treaty of Melno country seats were started establishing in the forests of Samogitia. From the 14th century to the middle of the 16th century, Plungė was a part of Gandinga volost as an ordinary settlement. Later, the population of Plungė started to grow faster and surpassed the population of Gandinga. In 1567 Plungė was mentioned as a town.

On January 13, 1792, Plungė granted Magdeburg rights. From 1806 to 1873 Plungė belonged to Zubovai, and later – to Oginskiai, who built a palace here in 1879.

The coat of arms of Plungė was affirmed by the decree of the President on June 6, 1997.

Twin cities

Famous people

* Historian Zenonas Ivinskis (1908–1971) was born here
* Actor Karolis Dapkus was born here
* Musician Petras Vyšniauskas was born here
* Famous Lithuanian composer and artist M. K. Čiurlionis (1875–1911) had lived here at the end of the 19th century
* Gediminas Jaunius (1978), TV shows announcer and politician, was born here
* Mis Lithuania 2007 Jurgita Jurkutė (1985) was born here
* Česlovas Gabalis
* Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943–1992), one of the most famous world alpinists, the first female alpinist who had climbed to K2.
* Pranciškus Erelis (1919–2008), physician rheumatologist, habilitated doctor of biomedicine, professor of Vilnius university, writer. 1945 finished gymnasium here.


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