Rishkenai elder ( lit. Ryškėnų seniūnija ) [4] - one of the 11 elders in the Telšiai region , Telšiai county of Lithuania . The administrative center is the village of Rishkenai . [3]
| headman | ||
| Rishkenai Starostvo | ||
|---|---|---|
| lit. Ryškėnų seniūnija | ||
| A country |  Lithuania | |
| Enters into | Telšiai district | |
| Includes | 26 settlements [1] | |
| Adm Centre | Rishkenai | |
| Headman | Benediktas Shniaukas ( lit. Benediktas Šniaukas ) [2] | |
| History and geography | ||
| Square | 107 [3] km² | |
| Timezone | EET ( UTC + 2 , summer UTC + 3 ) | |
Rishkenai Starostvo on the map of Telšiai district | ||
| Population | ||
| Population | 2 691 [3] people ( 2009 ) | |
| Density | 25.1 people / km² | |
Geography
It is located in the west of Lithuania, in the western part of the Telšiai region, on the емemaiti watershed ridge Zemite Upland . [five]
It borders on the Gadunava and Telšiai city elders in the north, Weshvenai in the east, Zarenai in the south, Paukshtakyai eldest in the Plungė region in the north-west, and the лиlibinayan elder in the Plungė region in the west and south-west.
The area of the Gadunavsky elder is 10,700 hectares .
The total length of roads under the supervision of the elder is 111.1 km, of which: 7 km are on asphalt roads, 47 km are on gravel roads and 57.1 km are on dirt roads. [3]
Population
Rishkenai village headquarters includes the town of Lauko-Soda and 25 villages. [1] [6]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Settlements of the Rishkenai elder. Address Register of Lithuania. (lit.)
- ↑ Contact information of the administration of the Rishkenai elder (lit.)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Information about the Rishkenai Warden on the official website of the Telšiai District (lit.)
- ↑ Online dictionary of toponyms of Lithuania (lit.)
- ↑ Map sheet N-34-9 Telšiai . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the area in 1985. 1988 edition
- ↑ 2001 Census Data, Telšiai County Archived on February 25, 2012. (lit.)