Kaltinėnai
Kaltinėnai | |
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Town | |
| Coordinates: 55°34′00″N 22°27′00″E / 55.56667°N 22.45000°E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Tauragė |
| Municipality | Šilalė |
| Eldership | Kaltinėnų |
| Capital of | Kaltinėnų eldership |
| First mentioned | 1370 |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 728 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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Kaltinėnai (Samogitian: Kaltinienā, Polish: Kołtyniany) is a small town in the west of Lithuania, located near Žemaičių highway in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County. Kaltinėnai has around 728 inhabitants (2011). The town is in a hollow, and it is rumoured that a large lake existed at the end of the Ice age where it now sits. Kaltinėnai is surrounded by famous mounds such as Skuburkalnis, Švedkalnis, Kepaluškalnis and Medvėgalis. There are also two rivers nearby, the Akmena and the Ižnė.
Notable buildings include the church, an old wooden synagogue, a home for the elderly and the Rehabilitation Centre.