Stonaičiai

55°32′6″N 21°29′9.6″E / 55.53500°N 21.486000°E / 55.53500; 21.486000Country LithuaniaEthnographic regionLithuania MinorCounty Klaipėda CountyMunicipalityŠilutė district municipalityEldershipSaugos eldershipPopulation • Total4Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)ClimateDfb

Stonaičiai is a village in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The village was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor.

History

In 1972 the nearby Diegliai oil field was discovered and in 1999 started the production.^[1][2][3]

Demography

Historical population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1871 78 —     1885 102 +1.93% 1910 145 +1.42% 1959 81 −1.18% 1970 54 −3.62%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1979 45 −2.01% 1989 15 −10.40% 2001 6 −7.35% 2011 10 +5.24% 2021 4 −8.76%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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