Naujoji Akmenė

Naujoji Akmenė (pronunciation ⁱ ; Samogitian: Naujuojė Akmenė) is a town in north-western Lithuania, in the Šiauliai County, near the Latvian border, in the Samogitia region.

There is a church (consecrated in 1999), a library, a hospital, the cultural centre (built in 1958), a post office (postal code LT-85001).

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.

Most important roads 154 Šiauliai-Gruzdžiai-Naujoji Akmenė and 156 Naujoji Akmenė-Venta. There is a Karpėnai railway station (used only for cargo trains).

• Cultural centre of the town
  Cultural centre of the town
• Avenue in the town centre
  Avenue in the town centre
• Akmenės Cementas factory
  Akmenės Cementas factory

• Akmenės Cementas Official Website

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