Rietavas
Rietavas is a town in Lithuania on the Jūra River. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,979. It is the capital of Rietavas municipality.
- Type: Town with 3,250 residents
- Description: city in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Rėitavas”, “Reitavs”, “Rėitāvs”, “Retavas”, “Retowo”, “Rietavo”, “Ретов”, “Риетавас”, “Рыетавас”, “Рэтавас”, and “里塔瓦斯”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ivinskis gymnasium, Rietavas and Rietavas Manor.
Rietavas Manor
Manor estate
Photo: Napoleon Orda, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vatušiai and Pelaičiai.
Rietavas
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Rietavo miesto sen., Rietavas Municipality, Telšiai County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.72294° or 55° 43′ 23″ north
Longitude
21.92708° or 21° 55′ 38″ east
Population
3,250
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
UN/LOCODE
LT RTS
Open location code
9G73PWFG+5R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Rietavas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ريتافاس”
- Asturian: “Rietavas”
- Belarusian: “Рэтава”
- Belarusian: “Рэтаў”
- Catalan: “Rietavas”
- Cebuano: “Rietavas”
- Chinese: “列塔瓦斯”
- Czech: “Rietavas”
- Dimli (individual language): “Rietavas”
- Dutch: “Rietavas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ريتافاس”
- Esperanto: “Rietavas”
- Estonian: “Rietavas”
- Finnish: “Rietavas”
- French: “Rietavas”
- German: “Rietavas”
- Hebrew: “רייטאווס”
- Italian: “Rietavas”
- Japanese: “リエタヴァス”
- Latvian: “Rietava”
- Lithuanian: “Rietavas”
- Moksha: “Ретавас”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Rietavas”
- Persian: “ریتاواس”
- Piemontese: “Rietavas”
- Polish: “Retów”
- Russian: “Ретавас”
- Russian: “Ретово” (historical)
- Samogitian: “Rėitavs”
- Spanish: “Rietavas”
- Swedish: “Rietavas”
- Tatar: “Ретавас”
- Ukrainian: “Ретавас”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rietavas”
- Urdu: “ریئتاواس”
- Volapük: “Rietavas”
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