Mažeikiai District Municipality

Mažeikiai District Municipality Mažeikių rajono savivaldybė
Municipality
Landscape near Marškonė
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	LT-89100
Telephone code	443
Major settlements	Mažeikiai (pop. 32,470) Viekšniai (pop. 2,219) Seda (pop. 898)
Website	www.mazeikiai.lt

Mažeikiai District Municipality (

. In 2003, the population was 67,393. Of this number, 46,223 live in towns and 21,170 in villages.

It is situated in northern Samogitia. Mažeikiai District borders with the Republic of Latvia in the north, with Akmenė District Municipality in the east, with Telšiai District Municipality in the southeast, with Plungė District Municipality in the southwest and with Skuodas District Municipality in the west. Mažeikiai District stretches for 43.5 km (27.0 mi) east-to-west and 38 km (24 mi) north-to-south. Petraičiai village is the westernmost settlement, with Kalniškiai and Pakliaupė villages being the easternmost settlements. The northernmost is Giniočiai, while the southernmost is Pasruojė.

Mažeikiai District Municipality is one of the more populous administrative district municipalities (municipalities, covering mostly rural regions and smaller towns rather than major cities). The region is crossed by important railway lines: Liepāja (Republic of Latvia) – Šiauliai – Kaunas – Vilnius and Riga (Republic of Latvia) – Mažeikiai – Klaipėda. However, they are currently no longer used for passenger transportation.

Nature and Cultural heritage

• 
  The

  River Venta

  in Mažeikiai district
• 
  Daubariai hillfort located in Mažeikiai District Municipality, Lithuania. Protected by the state.

References

External links

• Official website
• Lithuanian postcode directory

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