Klaipėda District Municipality
Klaipėda District Municipality
Klaipėdos rajono savivaldybė | |
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Location of Klaipėda district municipality in Lithuania | |
Map of Klaipėda district municipality | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Lithuania Minor / Samogitia |
| County | Klaipėda County |
| Capital | Gargždai |
| Elderships | 11 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,336 km2 (516 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 23rd |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 69,256 |
| • Rank | 8st |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 28th |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Telephone code | 46 |
| Major settlements | |
| Website | www |
Klaipėda District Municipality (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos rajono savivaldybė) is a municipality in western Lithuania, east of the city of Klaipėda, by the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic Sea. Its administrative centre is the town of Gargždai (unlike other Lithuanian municipalities, the name of this municipality does not correspond to its administrative centre). It covers an area of 1336 km² (2% of the total area of Lithuania). The municipality owns most of the Seaside Regional Park. It is home to the famous The Dutchman's Cap Hill, the highest cliff on the Lithuanian coast.