Neringa municipality
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| Neringos savivaldybė | |||||
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| Location | |||||
| Ethnographic region | Lithuania Minor | ||||
| Counties of Lithuania>County | Klaipėda County | ||||
| General information | |||||
| Capital | Nida, Lithuania | ||||
| Major settlements | Nida, Lithuania (pop. 1,650) Juodkrantė (pop. 720) Preila (pop. 205) | ||||
| Elderate>Number of elderates | 2 | ||||
| Area (rank) | 55th) | ||||
| Population (rank) | 60th) | ||||
| Population density>Pop. density (rank) | 39-40th) | ||||
| Telephone code | 469 | ||||
| Official website | http://www.neringa.lt | ||||
| Population sizes are given according to the 2001 census and www.nerija.ku.lt data | |||||
| Politics | |||||
| Ruling party | Coalition "For the Future of Neringa" | ||||
| Mayor | Vigantas Giedraitis | ||||
| Size of the Municipality councils in Lithuania>council | 21 members | ||||
| Map of Neringa municipality | |||||
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Neringa municipality (Lithuanian: Neringos savivaldybė) is a municipality in westernmost Lithuania, in the Curonian Spit. In terms of population, it is the smallest municipality of the country. Until the Lithuanian municipality reform, it was known as Neringa city, although there was never a true city there. It was made a city only due to the fact that within Soviet administrative system it was not possible to carve such small districts, but it was possible to grant a rights to a city that it would only be responsible to the state itself rather than districts. Neringa is separated from the mainland Lithuania by Curonian Lagoon which, while there is no bridge, it is still accessible from the mainland by ferry only. The villages in Neringa municipality are Nida, Preila, Pervalka and Juodkrantė. They are tourist resorts and by then it was popular to grant more self government to resorts. The municipality is the only one in Lithuania which is not called after a town or city. The name Neringa was created by Soviets for the new "city", and it derives from a name of girl in legend about the creation of the spit.
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| City municipalities: | Alytus | Kaunas | Klaipėda | Palanga | Panevėžys | Šiauliai | Vilnius | Visaginas |
| Municipalities: | Birštonas | Druskininkai | Elektrėnai | Kalvarija | Kazlų Rūda | Marijampolė | Neringa | Pagėgiai | Rietavas |
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