Gardamas

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Gardamas
Town
Official seal of Gardamas
Gardamas is located in Lithuania
Gardamas
Gardamas
Coordinates: 55°24′30″N 21°39′40″E / 55.40833°N 21.66111°E / 55.40833; 21.66111
Country Lithuania
County Klaipėda County
Population
 (2011)
 • Total398
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Gardamas is a small town in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 398 people.[1]

History[edit]

In 1304 Gardamas was destroyed by the Teutonic Order. In 1561. Gardamas was mentioned a village, by the parish in Valaki . Gardamas appeared in 1679 on the Prussia map. In 1706, Kvėdarna Paco Gardamo built the first church in Gardamas .

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 16, 2017.