What is Klaipėda?
{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | name = Klaipėda | nickname = Uostamiestis (port city) | settlement_type = City municipality | image_skyline = | map_caption =Location of Klaipėda |coordinates={{coord|55|42||N|21|08||E|region:LT_type:city(186000)|display=inline,title}} | image_map = Klaipeda city in Lithuania.svg | image_flag = Klaipeda City Flag.svg | image_shield = Klaipeda City Arms.svg | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Lithuania]] | subdivision_name1= [[Lithuania minor]] | subdivision_type1= [[Regions of Lithuania|Ethnographic&nbsp;region]] | subdivision_name2= [[Klaipėda County]] | subdivision_type2= [[Counties of Lithuania|County]] | subdivision_name3= Klaipėda city municipality | subdivision_type3= [[List of municipalities of Lithuania|Municipality]] | subdivision_type6= [[Capital (political)|Capital of]] | subdivision_name6= [[Klaipėda County]] <br> Klaipėda city municipality | parts_type = [[Elderships of Lithuania|Elderships]] | p1 = Melnragė and Giruliai | parts_style = para | established_date = 1252 | established_title= First mentioned | established_date2= 1254 | established_title2=Granted [[Magdeburg rights|city rights]] | population_total = 161,300 | population_footnotes= | population_as_of = 2011 | area_total_km2=110 |timezone=[[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset=+2 |timezone_DST=[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] |utc_offset_DST=+3 |website={{url|http://www.klaipeda.lt}} }} '''Klaipėda''' is a [[city]] in [[Lithuania]]. It is where the [[Neman|Nemunas River]] flows into the [[Baltic Sea]]. Klaipėda is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of [[Klaipėda County]]. The German name of the city is '''Memel'''. Until 1920, this city was the northernmost city of the [[German Empire]]. The city's history is complicated. The [[Port of Klaipėda]] is important in the area. It is a usually ice-free port on the [[Baltic Sea]]. It has been con