Plungė district municipality (Samogitian

Samogitian language

Samogitian is a dialect of the Lithuanian language spoken mostly in Samogitia . Attempts have been made to standardize it...

: Plongės rajuons) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

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Tourism and pilgrimage

Major tourist attraction is Lake Plateliai

Lake Plateliai

Lake Plateliai is the biggest lake in Samogitia and 9th biggest in Lithuania. It is the central attraction in the Žemaitija National Park. It covers about 12 km² and reaches up to 47 m in depth. It has seven islands, one of them housed a castle and now is called Castle Island...

 and nearby town Plateliai

Plateliai

Plateliai is a town in Samogitia, Lithuania. It is situated on the west bank of Lake Plateliai, the largest lake in Samogitia. The town with the population of about 1,100 people is the center of an elderate in Plungė district municipality. It is the administrative center of the Žemaitija National...

. All year round and especially in summer, this municipality attracts many pilgrims from all over the world to its annual Christian celebrations in Žemaičių Kalvarija

Žemaiciu Kalvarija

Žemaičių Kalvarija is a small town in Plungė district municipality, Lithuania. It is known as a major site for Catholic pilgrimage....

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Municipality council

Plungė district municipality council is the governing body of the Plungė district municipality. it is responsible for municipality laws. The council is composed of 25 member elected for four-year terms.

The council is the member of The Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania.

Mayors

• 1995 – Antanas Lapukas
• 1997 – Aleksandras Lukas
• 2000 – Vytautas Jonutis
• 2003 – Vigantas Danilavičius
• 2004 – Algirdas Pečiulis
• 2007 – Elvyra Valerija Lapukienė

Elderships

There are 11 elderships in Plungė district municipality:

• Alsėdžiai eldership
  Alsedžiai eldership
  Alsėdžiai eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the northeast from Plungė. The administrative center is Alsėdžiai.- External links :*...
  
  
• Babrungas eldership
  Babrungas eldership
  Babrungas eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the northeast from Plungė. The administrative center is Babrungas.- Main villages :* Babrungas* Glaudžiai* Jovaišiškė* Truikiai* Didvyčiai* Užlieknis* Pakerai* Lieplaukalė...
  
  
• Kuliai eldership
  Kuliai eldership
  Kuliai eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the southwest from Plungė. The administrative center is Kuliai.As of 2003, there were 1436 inhabitants living in this eldership.- External links :...
  
  
• Nausodis eldership
  Nausodis eldership
  Nausodis eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the southwest from Plungė. The administrative center is Varkaliai.As of 2003, there were 3678 inhabitants live in this eldership....
  
  
• Paukštakiai eldership
  Paukštakiai eldership
  Paukštakiai eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the east from Plungė. The administrative center is Grumbliai.As of 2003, there were 1507 inhabitants live in this eldership.- External links :...
  
  
• Plateliai eldership
  Plateliai eldership
  Plateliai eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the northwest from Plungė. The administrative center is Plateliai.- The biggest towns and villages :*Plateliai*Gintališkė*Šateikių Rūdaičiai...
  
  
• Plungė City eldership
• Stalgėnai eldership
  Stalgenai eldership
  Stalgėnai eldership is an eldership in the centre of Plungė district municipality. The administrative center is Stalgėnai.As of 2003, there were 1250 inhabitants living in this eldership.- External links :...
  
  
• Šateikiai eldership
  Šateikiai eldership
  Šateikiai eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the west from Plungė. The administrative center is Šateikiai.As of 2003, here were 2811 inhabitants living in this eldership.- The biggest villages :...
  
  
• Žemaičių Kalvarija eldership
  Žemaiciu Kalvarija eldership
  Žemaičių Kalvarija eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the northeast from Plungė. The administrative center is Žemaičių Kalvarija.- The biggest towns and villages :*Žemaičių Kalvarija...
  
  
• Žlibinai eldership
  Žlibinai eldership
  Žlibinai eldership is an eldership in Plungė district municipality to the east from Plungė. The administrative center is Žlibinai.-The biggest villages:*Kantaučiai*Žlibinai*Keturakiai*Purvaičiai*Kapsūdžiai...