Alsėdžiai is a small town in the Plungė district municipality

Plunge district municipality

Plungė district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.-Tourism and pilgrimage:Major tourist attraction is Lake Plateliai and nearby town Plateliai...

. It is near the Sruoja River, 20 km (12 mi) from Plungė

Plunge

Plungė is a city in Lithuania with 23,246 inhabitants. It has a crab stick factory which exports to many countries in Europe.Before World War II, Plunge had a large Jewish population.- History :...

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Alsėdžiai is an administrative center of the Alsėdžiai eldership

Alsedžiai eldership

Alsėdžiai eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the northeast from Plungė. The administrative center is Alsėdžiai.- External links :*...

. Stanisław Narutowicz, one of the signers of Act of Independence of Lithuania

Act of Independence of Lithuania

The Act of Independence of Lithuania or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania, governed by democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital. The Act was signed by all twenty...

 and brother to the first president of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz

Gabriel Narutowicz

Gabriel Narutowicz was a Lithuanian-born professor of hydroelectric engineering at Switzerland's Zurich Polytechnic, and Poland's Minister of Public Works , Minister of Foreign Affairs , and the first president of the Second Polish Republic....

 is buried in the village cemetery.

As of 2001, there were 956 inhabitants living in this town.

History

A settlement of Baltic tribes in the territory of the present-day city is said to have existed in the region as early as Mesolithic

Mesolithic

The Mesolithic is an archaeological concept used to refer to certain groups of archaeological cultures defined as falling between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic....

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External links

• Short info about Alsėdžiai