Kretinga
City in Samogitia, Lithuania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kretinga (pronunciationⓘ; Polish: Kretynga) is a City in Klaipėda County, in north-western Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kretinga district municipality. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about 25 km (16 mi) north of Lithuania's 3rd largest city and principal seaport, Klaipėda.
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Kretinga | |
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Coordinates: 55°53′24″N 21°14′32″E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
County | Klaipėda County |
Municipality | Kretinga district municipality |
Eldership | Kretinga town eldership |
Capital of | Kretinga district municipality Kretinga town eldership Kretinga rural eldership |
First mentioned | 1253 |
Granted municipal rights | 1607 |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 17,249[1] |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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The population was listed as 21,421 in the 2006 census. It is the 6th largest town in the ethnographic region of Samogitia and the 17th largest town in Lithuania.