Palanga City Municipality
Palanga City Municipality
Palangos miesto savivaldybė | |
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City municipality | |
The Tiškevičiai Palace houses the Amber Museum | |
| Nickname: Vasaros sostinė (Summer Capital) | |
| Coordinates: 55°55′N 21°4′E / 55.917°N 21.067°E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
| County | Klaipėda County |
| First mentioned | 1161 |
| Granted city rights | 1791 |
| Elderships | Šventoji eldership |
| Area | |
• Total | 79 km2 (31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 15,474 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | LT-00001 |
| Dialing code | 370 |
| Website | http://www.palanga.lt |
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Palanga City Municipality is a city municipality of Lithuania, located in the west of the country, near the Baltic Sea. It includes Šventoji, Nemirseta, Būtingė and other settlements. It is located in Klaipėda County, which is no longer an administrative entity, but only used for statistics.