KRETINGA
REGION
Kretinga
Region Municipality
J. K. Chodkeviciaus g. 10, LT) 5700 Kretinga
Tel.: (+370 445) 51442, 51233; Fax 52448.
Territory
99,100 hectares, of which 56,2 % are agricultural lands, 33,1 % - forests,
2,72 - water areas, 2,52 % - towns and residential areas, 2,02 - industrial
companies and roads, and 3,44 % - areas of other designation.
Population
47,000 inhabitants, of whom 52, % resides in towns and 48 % - in rural
areas. Of the total, 48 % are men, and 52 % - women. Ethnic descent: 99 % are
Lithuanian, 0,5 % - Russian, 0,5 - of other descents.
Region facilities
8 sub districts, 15 post offices, a bus station, 3 a railway junction, an
aerodrome, a tourist information center, a hotel, a motel, 2 guest houses, 10
pre-schools, 3 kindergarten-schools, 10 elementary schools, 9 schools of basic
education, 7 secondary schools, 2 gymnasiums, an adult school, 3 special
schools, a school of agriculture, college of agriculture, an institution of
higher education, 19 cultural institutions, 9 Catholic churches, 2
Evangelic-Lutheran churches, 3 museums, 22 libraries, 500 archaeological,
historical and cultural monuments, 2 health care facilities, 4 public stock
companies, 102 closed stock companies, 437 individually owned companies, an
agricultural enterprise, and 8 companies of other status.
From the “Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the Millennium“.
Vilnius, 1999.
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