Svencelė
# Svencelė

Svencelė is a village in the centre of Klaipėda County in western Lithuania, by the Curonian Lagoon. The village was part of the Klaipėda Region and the ethnographic Lithuania Minor.

## History

Svencelė was first mentioned in 1509.

In 1972 the nearby Svencelė oil field began production.

## Demography

### Historical population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| - | - | - |
| 1871 | 251 | — |
| 1905 | 392 | +1.32% |
| 1910 | 383 | −0.46% |
| 1925 | 413 | +0.50% |
| 1959 | 195 | −2.18% |
| 1970 | 268 | +2.93% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1979 | 264 | −0.17% |
| 1989 | 159 | −4.94% |
| 2001 | 152 | −0.37% |
| 2011 | 113 | −2.92% |
| 2021 | 93 | −1.93% |

Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 :

