Molėtai District Municipality
Molėtai District Municipality
Molėtų rajono savivaldybė | |
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Municipality | |
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Telephone code | 383 |
Major settlements | Molėtai (pop. 5,716) |
Website | www |
The Molėtai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
Molėtai is known for its many lakes. There are about 220 lakes in the district and they cover about 7% of the total territory. Since it is only about 60 km north of
fertile[citation needed], therefore the district's government is focused on developing tourism
.
Another natural resource of the district are its forests which cover about 26.6% of its territory.
Structure
District structure:
Population of largest Molėtai District Municipality elderships (2011):
- Molėtai – 6434
- Giedraičiai – 684
- Naujasodis – 496
- Suginčiai – 426
- Toliejai – 379
- Videniškiai – 368
- Alanta – 348
- Balninkai – 319
- Joniškis – 258
- Inturkė – 237
Nature and geography
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Landscape near Alanta
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Kiementas lake
References
55°12′43″N 25°22′41″E / 55.21194°N 25.37806°E