Akmenė

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Akmenė
Coat of arms of Akmenė
Coat of arms
Akmenė (Lithuania)
Akmenė
Akmenė
Location of Akmenė
Coordinates: 56°19′N 22°54′E / 56.317, 22.9
Country Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Šiauliai County
Municipality Akmenė district municipality
Capital of Akmenė town elderate
Akmenė rural elderate
First mentioned 1511
Granted city rights 1592
Population (2001)(2007)
 - Total 2,813
 - Rank 68st
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)


Akmenė is a town in Lithuania.

Town became famous when geologists found huge reserves of limestone and clay there and in 1947 construction work was begun on one of the biggest cement production complexes in the Baltic States. Nearby, a new town grew which was to become the region’s administrative centre: Naujoji Akmenė (literally means the New Akmenė).