Kretinga District Municipality

Kretinga District Municipality Kretingos rajono savivaldybė
Municipality
Landscape near Rūdaičiai
Coat of arms
Location of Kretinga district municipality within Lithuania
Map of Kretinga district municipality
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Klaipėda County
Established	1950
Capital	Kretinga
Elderships	8
Government
• Mayor	Antanas Kalnius (2019–)
Area
• Total	989 km^2 (382 sq mi)
• Rank	39th
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	37,639
• Rank	22nd
• Density	38/km^2 (99/sq mi)
• Rank	15th
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Telephone code	445
Major settlements	Kretinga (pop. 17,249) Vydmantai (pop. 1,627) Salantai (pop. 1,259)
Website	www.kretinga.lt

Kretinga District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

Locations in Kretinga District Municipality

• Erškėtynas Stream and Chapel
• Gargždelė
• Kretinga
• Salantai

Elderships

Kretinga District Municipality is divided into 9 elderships:

Eldership (Administrative Center)	Area	Population (2021)
Darbėnai (Darbėnai)	327 km^2 (80,803.46 acres; 126.26 sq mi)	3,863
Imbarė (Salantai)	149.2 km^2 (36,868.12 acres; 57.61 sq mi)	1,689
Kartena (Kartena)	85.4 km^2 (21,102.80 acres; 32.97 sq mi)	1,433
Kretinga Town(Kretinga)	15.6 km^2 (3,854.84 acres; 6.02 sq mi)	17,249
Kretinga (Kretinga)	144.7 km^2 (35,756.15 acres; 55.87 sq mi)	4,849
Kulupėnai (Kulupėnai)	69 km^2 (17,050.27 acres; 26.64 sq mi)	1,407
Salantai Town (Salantai)	3.2 km^2 (790.74 acres; 1.24 sq mi)	1,272
Vydmantai (Vydmantai)	30.4 km^2 (7,512.00 acres; 11.74 sq mi)	2,239
Žalgiris (Raguviškiai)	164.6 km^2 (40,673.55 acres; 63.55 sq mi)	3,638

References

1. "GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE". 2023-03-31. Archived from the original on 2022-08-18.