Rietavas is a town on the Jura River in Lithuania and the capital of Rietavas municipality, recording a population of 3,234 at the 2021 count. The town is noted for hosting Lithuania's first electricity-generating power station, built in 1892, and its first telephone line, constructed in 1882.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Rietavas (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 3,253 (2023)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 55.725, longitude 21.927778
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 106 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 3253 (2023)
View the Source2. Rietavas (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'First mentioned' = '1253' on 'Rietavas'
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Rietavas - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 595284
55.72708 21.92343 P PPLA2 LT 63 74 7401 3234 112 Europe/Vilnius
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 112 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 21.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 21.75
55.75 21.75 Dfb
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