Everything about Palanga City Municipality totally explained
Palanga city municipality is a coastal
Lithuanian municipality consisting of the small towns of
Būtingė,
Nemirseta,
Palanga and
Šventoji, and some villages. Most of the localities are resorts.
History
Since New Stone Age (IV - II c. BC.) the sea influences mental and material culture, trading relations with other nations of people who lived in this area.
Palanga name may be derived from the legend about fisherman houses and the wind which was covering them with sand them up to windowsill (
lith. palangė). More likely is that it's derived from hydroim
Alanga - this is how
Rąžė river used to be called in past and Palanga means "On the Alanga".
The first mention of Palanga's name reminiscent the legendary story about landing to Palanga in
1161 of army of Danish king Valdemaras I. Only in
1253 Palanga was mentioned in chronicle of German Order. In the development of history here were a lot of conquerors. Vikings of Normans coveted these lands, and in 13
th - 14
th centuries a lot of time crusaders devastated it. Only after the
Battle of Grunwald (in
1410) the peace contract of Meln, concluded in
1422, stopped an invasion of the Order to Lithuania and in accordance with the peace contract of Brest (in
1435-
12-31) Palanga felt to Lithuania.
More detailed history of the city can be found in
Official site
or
Tourism Info Center
Palanga is called "city municipality" because of Soviet policy that only larger territories could be called "district municipalities", while smaller areas used to be declared cities even if there was no city in the area, as was the case with
Neringa. While Neringa's name was changed to just "municipality", Palanga officially remained to be known as a "city municipality".
Geography
Palanga city municipality territory occupies 79 km². This makes 1.5% of
Klaipėda County or 0.12% of
Lithuanian territory.
The municipality comprises 4 towns: Palanga, Šventoji, Nemirseta and Būtingė, also some smaller settlements. It has an international airport situated in about the center of municipality, in a half way between largest towns
Palanga and
Šventoji.
The municipality borders with the Republic of
Latvia, with
Kretinga and
Klaipeda districts and the
Baltic Sea.
Economics
The municipality is heavily dependent on tourism as all towns are on the sea coast and most are touristic. Also a big oil terminal is in Būtingė.
Demographics
Transportation
Municipality is accessed by roads from
Klaipėda and
Šiauliai. There are no railroads in the municipality (closest station being in
Kretinga, capital of the
Kretinga district municipality) although there's a plan to build
light rail connecting towns of the municipality (Palanga, Šventoji) to Klaipėda and possibly to the towns in
Neringa municipality.
Palanga international airport, second largest in Lithuania, offers good connections to Scandinavian and German cities. Airport is between Palanga and Šventoji, and it offers more flights in summer than winter due to the resort nature of the municipality. It also has rare flights to
Vilnius, although due to good roads (
A1 highway) it's more viable to travel by car or bus.
Šventoji elderate
Culture
Council
Palanga city municipality council overally has 21 seats. In the last elections, the following parties won seats:
Foreign relations
Union of the Baltic Cities
On
1993-
02-26 Palanga Town Council passed the decision to apply to the UBC for membership in this organisation. On
1993-
03-02, Bronius Martinkus, Chairman of Palanga Town Council, addressed the
UBC with the request to grant admission for Palanga in the
Union of the Baltic Cities.
At the meeting of the UBC Executive Board held in Kaliningrad on 6-7 June 1993, Palanga Town was admitted as a member of the UBC.
Palanga Town Council is involved in the work of the UBC Commissions on Tourism, Business Cooperation and Education.
Close Contacts
Pärnu (
Estonia)
» On
1990-
09-14 a quadripartite treaty for cooperation between Palanga,
Pärnu,
Neringa and
Jūrmala municipalities. Cooperation in culture and recreation realms is pursued.
Jūrmala (
Latvia)
» Palanga and Jūrmala municipalities have maintained cooperation since 1990.
On
2003-
10-15 a revised cooperation treaty was signed. Palanga and Jūrmala municipalities pursue active cooperation in tourism, culture and other spheres.
Simrishamn (
Sweden)
» On
1991-
05-10 the mutual friendship and cooperation treaty between the councils of
Simrishamn and Palanga was signed in Simrishamn.
Cooperation includes care for the disabled, non-governmental organisations activities, culture and education.
Frederiksberg (
Denmark)
» On
1993-
05-27 a treaty between Palanga Town Council and Frederiksberg Town Council was signed in Frederiksberg. Under the treaty the parties undertook to support the common provision regarding agreement between the community, organisations, authorities and private businesses of both towns. The signatories pledged to promote mutually beneficial and optimal cooperation in economic and tourism fields.
Liepāja (
Latvia)
» Palanga Town Municipality maintains friendly relations with Liepāja City Municipality. Cooperation covers culture and tourism spheres, experience exchange.
Łódź (
Poland)
» At the forum of Lithuania and Poland municipalities held 31 March - 3 April 1998 in Poland, a treaty between the Association of Lithuanian Municipalities and organisation representing local governments of Poland was signed. Cooperation includes cultural and tourism spheres
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