KLAIPEDA
Klaipeda Municipality
Liepu g. 11, Klaipeda
Tel.: (+370 46) 21 36 41, Fax: 21 33 43
E-mail: meras@klaipeda.lt
Internet page: http://www.klaipeda.lt
Territory
9,800 hectares, of which 38,03 % are buildings, 1,41 % - roads, 8,45 % -
agricultural lands, 22,54 % - areas of natural growth, 14,08 % - water areas,
and 15,49 % - areas of other designation.
Population
202,500 inhabitants. Ethnic descent: 63 % are Lithuanian, 28,2 % - Russian,
2,7 % - Byelorussia, 0,5 - Polish, and 5,6 % - of other descents.
City facilities
17 post offices, a bus station, a railway station, a sea port, a ferry, 2
river warts, an airport, tourist information center, 20 hotels, 54 pre-school
institutions, 16 kindergarten-schools, 3 elementary school, a schools of basic
education, 26 secondary schools, 4 gymnasiums, 2 youth schools, 2 special
schools, 8 vocational schools, 8 colleges, Klaipeda University, Visual Design
Department of Lithuanian Academy of Arts, 26 cultural institutions, 4 Catholic
churches, 4 houses of worship of other confessions, 10 museums, 2 libraries and
its 14 branches, 6 archeological and historical monuments, 186 objects of
cultural value, 4 theatres, 15 sport centers, 8 health care facilities, 8 state
owned companies, 119 public stock companies, 2,937 closed stock companies, 7,077
individually owned companies, and 218 companies of other status.
From the “Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the Millennium“. Vilnius,
1999.
KLAIPEDA
REGION
Klaipeda
Region Municipality
Klaipedos g. 2, LT-5800 Gargzdai
Tel.: (+370 6) 45 22 33, Fax: 45 21 82
Territory
133,590 hectares, of which 53,3 % are agricultural lands, 23,79 % -
forests, 9,46 % - water bodies, 2,13 % - towns and residential areas, 2 % -
roads, and 9,32 % - areas of other designation.
Population
46,000 inhabitants, of whom 37 % reside in towns, and 63 % - in rural
areas. Of the total, 48 % are men, and 52 % - women. Ethnic descent: 98 % are
Lithuanian, 1 % - Russian, 1 % - of other descents.
Region facilities
11 sub districts, 13 post offices, a bus station, a railway junction, an
aerodrome, 8 pre-schools, 5 kindergarten-schools, 19 elementary schools, 6
secondary schools, a gymnasium, a special school, institute of scientific
research, 54 cultural institutions, 7 Catholic churches, 5 houses of worship
of other confessions, 2 museums, 26 libraries, 464 archaeological, historical
and cultural monuments, a sport center, 44 health care facilities, 18 public
stock companies, 405 closed stock companies, 1,121 individually owned
companies, 75 agricultural enterprises, 2 municipal enterprises, and 29
companies of other status.
From the “Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the
Millennium“. Vilnius, 1999.
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