Kretinga District Municipality Kretingos rajono savivaldybė | |
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Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
County | Klaipėda County |
Established | 1950 |
Capital | Kretinga |
Elderships | 8 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antanas Kalnius (2019–) |
Area | |
• Total | 989 km2 (382 sq mi) |
• Rank | 39th |
Population (2021) [1] | |
• Total | 37,639 |
• Rank | 22nd |
• Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
• Rank | 15th |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Telephone code | 445 |
Major settlements | |
Website | www |
Kretinga District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
Kretinga District Municipality is divided into 9 elderships:
Eldership (Administrative Center) | Area | Population (2021) |
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Darbėnai (Darbėnai) | 327 km2 (80,803.46 acres; 126.26 sq mi) | 3,863 |
Imbarė (Salantai) | 149.2 km2 (36,868.12 acres; 57.61 sq mi) | 1,689 |
Kartena (Kartena) | 85.4 km2 (21,102.80 acres; 32.97 sq mi) | 1,433 |
Kretinga Town(Kretinga) | 15.6 km2 (3,854.84 acres; 6.02 sq mi) | 17,249 |
Kretinga (Kretinga) | 144.7 km2 (35,756.15 acres; 55.87 sq mi) | 4,849 |
Kulupėnai (Kulupėnai) | 69 km2 (17,050.27 acres; 26.64 sq mi) | 1,407 |
Salantai Town (Salantai) | 3.2 km2 (790.74 acres; 1.24 sq mi) | 1,272 |
Vydmantai (Vydmantai) | 30.4 km2 (7,512.00 acres; 11.74 sq mi) | 2,239 |
Žalgiris (Raguviškiai) | 164.6 km2 (40,673.55 acres; 63.55 sq mi) | 3,638 |
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