Plungė District Municipality Explained

Plungė District Municipality
Native Name:Plungės rajono savivaldybė
Native Name Lang:lt
Settlement Type:Municipality
Image Map1:PlungesRajonoSeniunijos.png
Map Caption1:Map of Plungė district municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Samogitia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Telšiai County
Parts Style:para
Parts Type:Elderships
P1:11
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Plungė
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1105
Area Rank:35th
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:33,665
Population As Of:2021[2]
Population Rank:23-24th
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Rank:21st
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:448
Blank Name Sec1:Major settlements

Plungė District Municipality (Lithuanian: Plungės rajono savivaldybė, Samogitian: Plongės rajuona savivaldībė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

Tourism and pilgrimage

Major tourist attraction is Lake Plateliai and nearby town Plateliai. All year round and especially in summer, this municipality attracts many pilgrims from all over the world to its annual Christian celebrations in Žemaičių Kalvarija.

Municipality council

Plungė District Municipality Council is the governing body of the Plungė District Municipality. it is responsible for municipality laws. The council is composed of 25 member elected for four-year terms.

The council is the member of The Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania.

Mayors

Elderships

There are 11 elderships in Plungė district municipality:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home . plunge.lt.
  2. https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/9601028/Gyventojai_gyvenamosiose_vietovese.xlsx