Plungė District Municipality

Plungė District Municipality Plungės rajono savivaldybė
Municipality
Landscape near Mikytai
Coat of arms
Location of Plungė district municipality within Lithuania
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Telšiai County
Capital	Plungė
Elderships	11
Government
• Mayor	Algirdas Pečiulis
• Ruling party	Lithuanian Liberal Union
• Council size	25 members
Area
• Total	1,105 km2 (427 sq mi)
Area rank	35th
Population (2001 census)
• Total	44,200
• Rank	23-24th
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Density rank	21st
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Telephone code	448
Major settlements	Plungė (pop. 23,436) Varkaliai (pop. 1,277) Plateliai(pop. 1,100)
Website	www.plunge.lt

Plungė District Municipality (Samogitian: Plongės rajuons) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

Tourism and pilgrimage

Major tourist attraction is Lake Plateliai and nearby town Plateliai. 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.

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
• Babrungas eldership
• Kuliai eldership
• Nausodis eldership
• Paukštakiai eldership
• Plateliai eldership
• Plungė City eldership
• Stalgėnai eldership
• Šateikiai eldership
• Žemaičių Kalvarija eldership
• Žlibinai eldership