Kuršėnai is the largest town in Šiauliai region.The town is located on the river Venta on the crossroad Šiauliai - Palanga - Mažeikiai. Kuršėnai has got two railway stations. Trains go from Šiauliai to Klaipėda and from Šiauliai to Mažeikiai.

The statue to L. Ivinskis was built in the middle of the town in 1960 (the architect S. Ramunis, the sculptor P. Aleksandravičius). Also, a calendar museum is situated in Kuršėnai Culture House. A yearly Laurynas Ivinskis premium is presented to the creator of the greatest calendar of the year throughout the formal procedure of the remembrance in addition to encourage immature calendar maters. Laurynas Ivinskis was a calendar maker so, this ceremony was called off his name. Kuršėnai Culture House is located in the town park. Dissimilar art and folk groups work in it and they arrange the activities for approximately 450 citizens.

The clusters of daytime have been found sice old so that in why ceramic objects flourishes here. Since the last century Kuršėnai was well-known for it`s clay ceramics.