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# Kelmė

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

**Kelmė** — Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

- **Kielmy** — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- **Kelm** — Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references.
- **Kelme** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kelmė for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Kelmė** — Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.

Other forms in use:

- **Kelm** — Jewish-community name used for French religious and historical bibliography matching; not the modern French civic name.
- **Kielmy** — Polish historical form for French archival matching.
- **Kelme** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kelmė for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Kelmė is a town in western Lithuania's Samogitia region. Its manor estate is a local landmark, and the town had an important Jewish community before the Holocaust.

## Notes

Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmė ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmė.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q658230](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q658230) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/kelme/?format=json)


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