Kretinga

Kretinga
City
Aerial view of Kretinga
Aerial view of Kretinga
Flag of Kretinga
Coat of arms of Kretinga
Kretinga is located in Lithuania
Kretinga
Kretinga
Location of Kretinga
Coordinates: 55°53′24″N 21°14′32″E / 55.89000°N 21.24222°E / 55.89000; 21.24222
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
County Klaipėda County
MunicipalityKretinga district municipality
EldershipKretinga town eldership
Capital ofKretinga district municipality
Kretinga town eldership
Kretinga rural eldership
First mentioned1253
Granted municipal rights1607
Population
 (2021)
 • Total17,249[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kretinga is a city in Klaipėda County, in north-western Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kretinga district municipality. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about 25 km (16 mi) north of Lithuania's 3rd largest city and principal seaport, Klaipėda.

The population was listed as 21,421 in the 2006 census. It is the 6th largest town in the ethnographic region of Samogitia and the 17th largest town in Lithuania.

  1. ^ "GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE". Osp.stat.gov.lt. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.