- Akmenė district municipality
Akmenė district municipality ( _lt. Akmenės rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in
Lithuania . It lies in the northwest of the country, with administrative centre inNaujoji Akmene and bordersLatvia in the north,Joniškis district municipality in the east,Šiauliai district municipality in the southeast,Telšiai district municipality in the southwest, andMažeikiai district municipality in the west. The area of the municipality covers ca. 844 km², its population counts 30,300 (2001 census): 47,19% men, 52,81% women.History
Akmenė district was established in 1950, when the reform of territorial-administrative units was introduced to the
Lithuanian SSR . The region merged part ofKuršėnai andMažeikiai regions. The administrative centre was settled inAkmenė town, and in1962 it was moved toNaujoji Akmenė . In the same year, the district was merged intoMažeikiai district, and in1965 it emerged as a separate administrative unit. The district municipality was composed from former Akmenė district in 1995 and in 1999, pursuant to national reform of municipalities, its territory was expanded by incorporating Viekšniaiseniūnija (elderate).Elderates
Akmenė district municipality is divided into 6 elderates:
*Akmenė eldership (administrative centre -Akmenė )
*Kruopiai eldership (administrative centre -Kruopiai )
*Naujoji Akmenė town eldership (administrative centre -Naujoji Akmenė )
*Naujoji Akmenė rural eldership (administrative centre -Naujoji Akmenė )
*Papilė eldership (administrative centre -Papilė )
*Venta eldership (administrative centre -Venta )External links
* [http://www.akmene.lt/ Official website of Akmenė district municipality]
* [http://www.vic.akmene.lt/content/tourism.en.html Tourism information]
* [http://www.lietuva.lt/IMI/i_en.jsp?nr=akmene_raj_teritorija Map of the district]
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