Klaipėda County

Klaipėda County
Klaipėda County Klaipėdos apskritis
	County
Flag	Coat of arms
	Location of Klaipėda County
Country	Lithuania
Administrative centre	Klaipėda
Municipalities	List Klaipėda City Municipality; Klaipėda District Municipality; Kretinga District Municipality; Neringa Municipality; Palanga City Municipality; Skuodas District Municipality; Šilutė District Municipality
Area
• Total	5,209 km2 (2,011 sq mi)
	(8% of the area of Lithuania)

Klaipėda County (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos apskritis)^[2] 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,^[3] and since that date, Klaipėda County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.

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:^[4]

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

References[]

^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" (in en). https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/.
^ "Counties within Lithuania - weather and maps", TravelsRadiate, accessed Feb 15, 2011.
^ "Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=392936. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120105203431/http://www.stat.gov.lt/uploads/42_Lietuvos_gyventojai.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-12.

External links[]

Coordinates: 55°41′54″N 21°08′49″E / 55.69833, 21.14694

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[GlobalDataLab-1] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" (in en). https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/.

[2] "Counties within Lithuania - weather and maps", TravelsRadiate, accessed Feb 15, 2011.

[3] "Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=392936. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120105203431/http://www.stat.gov.lt/uploads/42_Lietuvos_gyventojai.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-12.

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