Girkalnis
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State : | Lithuania | |
District : | Kaunas | |
Rajong municipality : | Raseiniai | |
Coordinates : | 55 ° 19 ′ N , 23 ° 12 ′ E | |
Inhabitants (place) : | 877 (2011) | |
Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | |
Postal code : | LT-60028 | |
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Girkalnis is a miestelis with 877 inhabitants (2011) in the Rajong municipality Raseiniai , Kaunas district in Lithuania . It is located south of the E85 Kaunas - Klaipėda highway , 9 km northwest of Raseiniai . It is the center of the Girkalnis district . There is the Girkalnis Catholic Church , the Girkalnio pagrindinė mokykla secondary school , a library and a post office (LT-60028).
Sons and daughters of the town
- Romualda Hofertienė (1941–2017), conservative politician
literature
- Girkalnis. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , T. VI (Fau-Goris). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2004. 702 psl.