Naujoji Akmenė | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Naujoji Akmenė |
Coordinates: | 56.3167°N 76°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Samogitia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Šiauliai County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Akmenė district municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name4: | Naujoji Akmenė town eldership |
Subdivision Type6: | Capital of |
Subdivision Name6: | Akmenė district municipality Naujoji Akmenė town eldership Naujoji Akmenė rural eldership |
Established Date: | 1949 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date2: | 1965 |
Established Title2: | Granted city rights |
Population Total: | 7,194 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Naujoji Akmenė (; Samogitian: Naujuojė Akmenė) is a town in north-western Lithuania, in the Šiauliai County, in the Samogitia region.
It was established as a new town in 1952 and is one of the newest cities in Lithuania. Its name means New Akmenė. It is an industrial base with concrete as its main product, with Public company Akmenės Cementas (English: Akmenė Concrete) producing 700,000 tonnes of concrete annually. As a new city, it did initially have well-developed infrastructure. For example, a special branch of the railway had to be built for the factory needs. The road network was rapidly developing before the city even existed.