Klaipeda district
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Klaipėda District Klaipėdos apskritis |
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| Basic data | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | LT-KL | ||
| surface | 5209 km² | ||
| Capital | Klaipeda | ||
| Biggest cities | |||
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Inhabitants - population density - year-on-year comparison |
380,625 (3rd place / LT) 73.1 inh / km² 382,179 (−0.4%) |
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| Current population figures from 1.1.2006 | |||
| administration | |||
| governor | Vytautas Rinkevičius | ||
| structure | 7 self-governments (savivaldybė) | ||
| Web presence | www.klaipeda.aps.lt | ||
The Klaipėda district (German Memel district ) is one of the ten administrative districts that formed the top tier of the administrative division of Lithuania . From 1994 to June 30, 2010 there was the administration and head of the Klaipėda District. The Memel District used to exist in the southern Klaipėda region .
It covers the entire Baltic coast of Lithuania, part of the historical regions Memelland and Lower Lithuania ( Schemeitien / Žemaitija ). The district borders Latvia to the north and Russia to the south .
Administrative division
The Klaipėda District is divided into seven self-governing municipalities. (Resident on January 1, 2006)
Borough
- Klaipėda (187,325)
Self-managed health resorts
District parishes
- Klaipėda Rajong Parish (48,424)
- Kretinga Rajong Parish (45,916)
- Šilutė Rajong Parish (53,727)
- Skuodas Rajong Parish (24,539)
Ethnic composition
2011 census:
- Lithuanians - 85.64% (290 369);
- Russians - 10.4% (35 265);
- Ukrainians - 1.04% (3 542);
- Belarusians - 0.88% (2 982);
- Germans - 0.22% (754);
- Poland - 0.22% (748);
- Latvians - 0.13% (436);
- other - 1.46% (4966)
management
- 1995–1997: Jurgis Aušra
- 1997-2000: Laisvūnas Kavaliauskas
- 2000–2005: Virginija Lukošienė
- 2006–2008: Vytautas Rinkevičius
- 2008–2010: Arūnas Burkšas
See also
Web links
Commons : Klaipėda district - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
