Endriejavas

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Endriejavas
Town
Endriejavas centre
Endriejavas centre
Official seal of Endriejavas
Endriejavas is located in Lithuania
Endriejavas
Endriejavas
Coordinates: 55°41′50″N 21°43′20″E / 55.69722°N 21.72222°E / 55.69722; 21.72222
Country Lithuania
County Klaipėda County
Population
 (2011)
 • Total640
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Endriejavas (Polish: Andrzejewo) is a small town in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 640 people.[1]

Historically it was a private town of the Racewicz Polish landed gentry family. In 1780, Andrzej Racewicz built a wooden Catholic church dedicated to St. Andrew.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Anrzejewo"[permanent dead link], Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, vol. I, p.36.