Telšiai County

Telšiai County
Telšių apskritis
From the top to bottom-right: Telšiai old town , Orlen Lietuva oil refinery near Mažeikiai, Windmill, Žemaitija National Park, shopping mall Eifelis in Mažeikiai
Location of Telšiai County
Country Lithuania
Administrative centreTelšiai
Municipalities
Area
 • Total
4,349 km2 (1,679 sq mi)
 (6.7% of the area of Lithuania)
Population
 (2020-01-01)
 • Total
130,613
 • Rank8th of 10 (5.1% of the population of Lithuania)
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
GDP
 • Total€2.3 billion (2023) · 6th
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 codeLT-TE
HDI (2022)0.850[2]
very high · 5th

Telšiai County (Lithuanian: Telšių apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the west of the country, and its capital is Telšiai. There are Lithuanians (98.7%), Latvians (0.1%), Russians (0.9%), and others (0.3%). On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished,[3] and since that date, Telšiai County remains as a territorial and statistical unit. It borders Latvia.

Municipalities

Municipalities are:

Mažeikiai District Municipality
Plungė District Municipality
Rietavas Municipality
Telšiai District Municipality

References

  1. ^ "BENDRASIS VIDAUS PRODUKTAS PAGAL APSKRITIS 2023 M." osp.stat.gov.lt.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

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