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Country
  
Lithuania

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

GDP (nominal)
  
2014

Population
  
324,628 (20 Jan 2016)

Administrative centre
  
Klaipėda

ISO 3166 code
  
LT-KL

Area
  
5,209 km²

Klaipėda County httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Municipalities
  
List Klaipėda city municipality Klaipėda district municipality Kretinga district municipality Neringa municipality Palanga city municipality Skuodas district municipality Šilutė district municipality

Destinations
  
Klaipėda, Palanga, Nida, Lithuania

Clubs and Teams
  
BC Neptūnas, FK Banga Gargždai

Points of interest
  
Curonian Spit, Curonian Spit National, Palanga Amber Museum, Kretinga Museum, Krokų Lanka

Colleges and Universities
  
Klaipėda University, LCC International University, Lithuanian Maritime Academy

Klaipėda County (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It lies in the west of the country and is the only county to have a coastline. Its capital is Klaipėda. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Klaipėda County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.

Contents

Map of Klaip%C4%97da County, Lithuania

Municipalities

Municipalities are:

  • Klaipėda City Municipality
  • Klaipėda District Municipality
  • Kretinga District Municipality
  • Neringa Municipality
  • Palanga City Municipality
  • Skuodas District Municipality
  • Šilutė District Municipality

    • Demographics

    The ethnic composition in 2001 was:

  • Lithuanians 84.2%
  • Russians 11.4%
  • Ukrainians 1.3%
  • Belarusians 1.0%
  • Poles 0.3%
  • Other 1.8%

    • References

    Klaipėda County Wikipedia
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