Latvians in Lithuania explained

Group:	Latvians in Lithuania Latvieši Lietuvā
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Population:	2,025 0.07% of the Lithuanian Population^[1]
Popplace:	Palanga, tiny population in Vilnius and Klaipėda
Langs:	Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian
Rels:	Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
Related:	Other Latvians

The Latvian minority in Lithuania (lv|latvieši, lt|latviai) numbered 2,025 persons at the 2011 census, and at 0.07% of the total population of Lithuania, being the 9th biggest national minority.^[2] The Latvian national minority in Lithuania has a long history.

According to the 2011 census, 46.2% of Latvians speak Latvian as their mother tongue, while Lithuanian is native for 27.8%, Russian - 14.6% of Latvians. 3.95% of Latvians are bilingual in terms that they have 2 mother tongues.

Cities with a relatively significant Latvian proportion:

• Palanga – 0.97%
• Naujoji Akmenė – 0.55%

Famous Lithuanians of Latvian descent

• Romualdas Ozolas, a nationalist thinker^[3]
• Baiba Skurstene, a Lithuanian-Latvian singer

See also

• Kursenieki
• Ethnic minorities in Lithuania
• Latvia–Lithuania relations

Notes and References

1. http://www.stat.gov.lt/uploads/Lietuvos_gyventojai_2011.pdf Lithuania census 2011
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-07-29 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130923095014/http://web.stat.gov.lt/uploads/docs/gyv_kalba_tikyba.pdf . 2013-09-23 .
3. Book: Ozolas . Romualdas . Supratimai: parinktos 1956 - 2006 metų metafizinio dienoraščio mintys . 2007 . Naujoji Romuva . Vilnius . 978-9955-9768-4-4 . 1973 12 13.