Kretinga
Sign in to saveKretinga (Yiddish: קרעטינגע) is a city in Klaipėda County, in north-western Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kretinga District Municipality. It is located east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about north of Lithuania's 3rd largest city and principal seaport, Klaipėda.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kretinga
- Region
- Klaipėdos apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 17,249
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Kretinga
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- City
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Kretinga
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- Country
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- Ethnographic region
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- Samogitia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Кретинген
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Kretinga Eldership
- Population
- +2532
- Elevation
- +22
- Official website
- www.kretinga.lt
- Image
- Kretinga Bernardine Monastery and the Lord’s Revelation to Virgin Mary Church building complex Nuotrauka 4.jpg
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Kretinga (Yiddish: קרעטינגע) is a city in Klaipėda County, in north-western Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kretinga District Municipality. It is located east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about north of Lithuania's 3rd largest city and principal seaport, Klaipėda.
The population was listed as 16,996 in the 2022 census. It is the 6th largest town in the ethnographic region of Samogitia and the 17th largest town in Lithuania.