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Telsiai Region MunicipalityCoat of Arms of Telsiai

Zemaites g. 14, LT-5610 Telsiai
Tel.: (+370 94) 5 22 33,
Fax: 5 12 44
E-mail: telsiai@lsa.lt

Territory

143,900 hectares, of which 52,95 % are agricultural lands, 29,88 % - forests, 3,68 % - water areas, 2,22 % - towns and residential areas, 2,02 % - industrial companies and roads, and 9,25 % - areas of other designation. 

Population

61,240 inhabitants, of whom 56,78 % reside in towns and 43,22 % - in rural areas. Ethnic descent: 97 % are Lithuanian, 2 % - Russian, 1,0 % - of other descents.

Region facilities

11 sub districts, 19 post offices, a bus station, 4 railway junctions, an aerodrome, 3 hotels, 3 motels, 10 pre-schools, a kindergarten-school, 18 elementary schools, 13 schools of basic education, 17 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a youth school, 2 special schools, a vocation school, a school of agriculture, a college, telsiai Clergy Seminary, 58 cultural institutions, 21 Catholic churches, 3 houses of worship of other confession, 2 museums, 32 libraries, 74 archeological, historical, and cultural monuments, a theatre, a sports center, 31 health care facilities, 2 state owned companies, 29 public stock companies, 226 closed stock companies, 1,056 individually owned companies, 32 agricultural enterprises, and 6 companies of other status.

From the “Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the Millennium“. Vilnius, 1999.


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