Jūrė
{{Short description|Town in Lithuania}}
Jūrė is a town in Kazlų Rūda Eldership, Kazlų Rūda Municipality, Marijampolė County, Lithuania, 7 km. east of the city of Kazlų Rūda by the Pilvė river and by the Kaunas–Kybartai railway.[https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/jure-1/ Jūrė]
History
The railway station was established during World War I by the Germans.
It was granted the status of town (miestelis) in 2002. Until that its status was "railway station settlement" (geležinkelio stoties gyvenvietė) based on the {{ill|Jūrė railway station|lt|Jūrės geležinkelio stotelė}} and it had the same name, "Jūrė railway station", or Jūrė II to distinguish it from the village of {{ill|Jūrė (village)|lt=Jūrė |lt|Jūrė (kaimas)}}[https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/jure-2/ Jūrė] (village) ("Jūrė I") north of Kazlų Rūda.
Population statistics: In 1923, there were 219 inhabitants, 1959 – 492, 1970 – 582, 1979 – 602, 1989 – 525, 2001 – 473, 2011 – 401, 2021 – 355.
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