Kretinga
Kretinga | |
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City | |
Aerial view of Kretinga Kretinga Museum, formerly manor Evangelical Lutheran Church Count Tiškevičius Family Chapel-Mausoleum Bernardine Monastery Pond | |
| Coordinates: 55°53′24″N 21°14′32″E / 55.89000°N 21.24222°E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Klaipėda County |
| Municipality | Kretinga district municipality |
| Eldership | Kretinga town eldership |
| Capital of | Kretinga district municipality Kretinga town eldership Kretinga rural eldership |
| First mentioned | 1253 |
| Granted municipal rights | 1607 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 16,996 |
| Demonym(s) | Kretingian(s) (English), kretingiškiai (Lithuanian) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about 21 km (13 mi) 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.