Gardamas

Gardamas
Town

Seal
Gardamas
Coordinates: LT 55°24′30″N 21°39′40″E / 55.40833°N 21.66111°E / 55.40833; 21.66111
Country  Lithuania
County Klaipėda County
Population (2001)
  Total 437
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Gardamas is a small town in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 437 people.[1]

History

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

  1. "2001 census" (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved December 1, 2010.


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