Akmene

Akmenė is a town in Lithuania.

Akmenė district, a municipal district in Šiauliai County, became famous when geologists found huge reserves of limestone and clay here 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).

Territory: 844 km² Population: 30,3 thousand inhabitants, 47,19% men, 52,81% women (According to the data of the population census of 2001).