Rietavas Municipality

Rietavas Municipality
Rietavo savivaldybė
Municipality
Coat of arms of Rietavas Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Rietavas municipality within Lithuania
Location of Rietavas municipality within Lithuania
Map of Rietavas municipality
Map of Rietavas municipality
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
CountyTelšiai County
CapitalRietavas
Elderships5
Area
 • Total
586 km2 (226 sq mi)
 • Rank45th
Population
 (2021[1])
 • Total
7,381
 • Rank58th
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
  • Rank57th
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Telephone code448
Major settlementsRietavas (pop. 3,234)
Websitewww.rietavas.lt

Rietavas Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

According to the 2021 Lithuanian census, Rietavas Municipality had the highest fertility rate in Lithuania - with an average of 2.019 children per woman, compared to the national average of just 1.506 children per woman.[2]

55°43′30″N 21°57′07″E / 55.72500°N 21.95194°E / 55.72500; 21.95194

References

  1. ^ https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/9601028/Gyventojai_gyvenamosiose_vietovese.xlsx Archived 2022-03-07 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
  2. ^ "The 2021 Population and Housing Census: Fertility". Oficialiosios statistikos portalas. 22 February 2022.


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