Stonaičiai is a village in the south of the Klaipėda County in western Lithuania. The village was part of the

Klaipėda Region The Klaipėda Region ( lt, Klaipėdos kraštas) or Memel Territory (german: Memelland or ''Memelgebiet'') was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part of the German province of East Prussia, when as ...

and ethnographic

Lithuania Minor Lithuania Minor ( lt, Mažoji Lietuva; german: Kleinlitauen; pl, Litwa Mniejsza; russian: Ма́лая Литва́), or Prussian Lithuania ( lt, Prūsų Lietuva; german: Preußisch-Litauen, pl, Litwa Pruska), is a historical ethnographic re ...

History

In 1972 the nearby Diegliai oil field was discovered and in 1999 started the production."Minijos nafta" Vilkyčiuose gręžia naują gręžinį
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Demography

Historical population

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stonaiciai Villages in Klaipėda County Šilutė District Municipality