Vilkyčiai
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|subdivision_name1 = Lithuania Minor
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|subdivision_name2 = 20px Klaipėda County
|subdivision_type3 = Municipality
|subdivision_name3 = Šilutė district municipality
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|subdivision_name4 = Saugos eldership
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|established_title = First mentioned
|established_date2 = 1540
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|population_total = 668
|population_as_of = 2021
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Vilkyčiai is a village in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The village was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor.
History
First mentioned in 1540.
In 1969 the nearby Vilkyčiai oil field was discovered and in 1990 started the production.[https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/naftos-pramone/ naftos pramonė][https://ve.lt/naujienos/ekonomika/ekonomikos-naujienos/minijos-nafta-vilkyciuose-grezia-nauja-grezini- "Minijos nafta" Vilkyčiuose gręžia naują gręžinį][https://lotosgeonafta.pl/lt/2082/apie_mus/istorija Lotus - APIE MUS - Istorija]
=Archaeology=
Vilkyčiai includes an archaeological site and an object of cultural heritage, Vilkyčiai cemetery, also known as Ruskalva.[https://kvr.kpd.lt/#/static-heritage-detail/6794c28a-8563-47bd-9398-08c74b37e63d Vilkyčių kapinynas, vad. Ruskalva]
Demography
=Historical population=
{{historical populations| width = 10em| cols = 2
|align=center| percentages = pagr
|1871|363
|1885|331
|1910|416
|1925|407
|1959|426
|1970|470
|1979|510
|1989|784
|2001|901
|2011|754
|2021|668
| source = [https://kresy.genealodzy.pl/gub_wil_87/kowno_wlasc.html 1902], [http://www.epaveldas.lt/recordDescription/LNB/C1B0002365127 1923], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/w/images/7/79/Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1959_ir_1970.pdf 1959 & 1970], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1979.pdf 1979], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1989.pdf 1989], [https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/212976/Kauno_apskritis.pdf/8593b78f-5d58-4f1a-aed1-d108f07398ae 2001], [http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_02.htm?lang=en 2011]}}
Sports
Vilkyčiai Circuit motorsport venue operating nearby and regularly hosting national and international championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrytas.lt/auto/autosportas/2018/07/30/news/vilkyciu-trasoje-uzfiksuotas-naujas-masiskumo-rekordas-7114462/|title=Vilkyčių trasoje užfiksuotas naujas masiškumo rekordas|date=July 30, 2018|website=lrytas.lt}}
References
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{{Klaipėda County}}
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