Mažeikiai

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Mažeikiai
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State : Lithuania Lithuania
District : Telšiai
Rajong municipality : Mažeikiai
Coordinates : 56 ° 19 ′  N , 22 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 19 ′  N , 22 ° 20 ′  E
Height : 100 m
Area (place) : 13.95  km²
Community area : 54.4  km²
 
Inhabitants (place) : 40,546 (2008)
Population density : 2,907 inhabitants per km²
Inhabitant (municipality) : 65,547
Population density : 1,205 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : EET (UTC + 2)
Telephone code : (+370) 349
Postal code : 89001
 
Status: City in the Mažeikiai district
Structure : 1 city office (core city)
 
Mayor : Antanas Tenys
( LSDP )
Postal address : Laisvės str. 8/1
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Town hall in Mažeikiai
Jesus Church in Mažeikiai, built in 1935/1936 by Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis

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In the 16th century a village Mažeikiai is mentioned, which in 1868 with the beginning of the construction of the Liepāja - Romny railway line and the train station formed the basis for a settlement that later expanded into a town. In 1905 Mažeikiai became a parish and a town before the First World War. At the end of 1919 the district administration moved from Seda to Mažeikiai.

On June 9, 2006, the Polish oil company PKN Orlen bought 30.66% of Mažeikių Nafta, the only refinery in the Baltic States, for $ 852 million. There was ORLEN Lietuva .

Today Mažeikiai is the eighth largest city in Lithuania.

The FK Mažeikiai is the most important football club in the city.

The Mažeikiai District Court (Court of First Instance) has its seat in the city .

Rajong Parish

The Mažeikiai district consists of 3 towns, 5 towns and 191 villages. It is divided into 9 administrative districts ( seniūnijos ).

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