Rietavas Municipality

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Rietavas Municipality
Rietavo savivaldybė
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Location of Rietavas municipality within Lithuania
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Map of Rietavas municipality
Country Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Telšiai County
Capital Rietavas
Elderships 5
Area
  Total
586 km2 (226 sq mi)
  Rank45th
Population
 (2021 [1] )
  Total
7,381
  Rank58th
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
   Rank57th
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Telephone code448
Major settlements Rietavas (pop. 3,234)
Website www.rietavas.lt

Rietavas Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

According to the 2021 Lithuanian census, Rietavas Municipality had the highest fertility rate in Lithuania - with an average of 2.019 children per woman, compared to the national average of just 1.506 children per woman. [2]

55°43′30″N21°57′07″E / 55.72500°N 21.95194°E / 55.72500; 21.95194

References

  1. "Gyventojai gyvenamosiose vietovėse" [Residents in residential areas] (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-07.
  2. "The 2021 Population and Housing Census: Fertility". Oficialiosios statistikos portalas. 22 February 2022.