Neringa Municipality
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Neringa Municipality Neringos savivaldybė |
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Thomas Mann's summer house
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 Location of Neringa Municipality within Lithuania |
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| Coordinates: 55°33′20″N 21°07′00″E / 55.55556°N 21.11667°ECoordinates: 55°33′20″N 21°07′00″E / 55.55556°N 21.11667°E | ||
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 Lithuania
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| Ethnographic region | Lithuania Minor | |
| County |
 Klaipėda County
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| Capital | Nida | |
| Elderships | 2 | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 90 km2 (30 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 55th | |
| Population (2016-01-20) | ||
| • Total | 3,024 | |
| • Rank | 60th | |
| • Density | 34/km2 (87/sq mi) | |
| • Density rank | 39-40th | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Telephone code | 469 | |
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| Website | www |
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Neringa (
pronunciation ) or Neringa Municipality (Lithuanian: Neringos savivaldybė) is a municipality of Klaipėda County in westernmost Lithuania, comprising several villages in the Curonian Spit. In terms of population, it is the smallest municipality of the county.
The average wage in Neringa municipality was €12,000 ($14,000), yearly (before tax) or €9,000 ($10,000), yearly (after tax) in 2015. Neringa municipality has the highest wage rate in Lithuania. Higher even than Vilnius municipality.
The name of the city is relatively new and is not found in old scriptures in this form. The name is derived from a German word Neringe, Nerunge, Nehrung which itself is a derivative of a curonian word nerija meaning a long peninsular spit.
Until the 2000 Lithuanian municipality reform, it was known as Neringa City, although there was never a true "city" there. It was made a city in the Soviet Union in 1961 by formally combining 4 settlements into one administrative unit.
Neringa is located south of Klaipėda, separated from the mainland Lithuania by Curonian Lagoon. While there is no bridge, it is still accessible from the mainland by ferry only.
The villages in Neringa municipality comprise:
They are tourist resorts and by then it was popular to grant more self-government to resorts. The municipality is the only one in Lithuania which is not called after a town or city. The name Neringa was created at Soviet time for the new city municipality.
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