Klaipėda County
Klaipėda County
Klaipėdos apskritis | |
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From the top to bottom-right: Old Mill Hotel, Pilsotas, Palanga Pier, Samogitian Sanctuary, Curonian Spit. | |
Location of Klaipėda County | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Administrative centre | Klaipėda |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,222 km2 (2,016 sq mi) |
| (8% of the area of Lithuania) | |
| Population (2020-01-01) | |
• Total | 319,958 |
| • Rank | 3rd of 10 (11.4% of the population of Lithuania) |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €7.4 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | €22,500 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | LT-KL |
| HDI (2022) | 0.880 very high · 3rd |
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Klaipėda County (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania, bordering Tauragė County to the southeast, Telšiai County to the northeast, Kurzeme in Latvia to the north, and Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia to the south. To the west is the Baltic Sea. It lies in the west of the country and is the only county to have a coastline and not be landlocked. Its capital is Klaipėda. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Klaipėda County remains as a territorial and statistical unit only.