title: Plungė District Municipality
text: # Plungė District Municipality
  
  Plungė District Municipality (Lithuanian: Plungės rajono savivaldybė, Samogitian: Plongės rajuona savivaldībė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
  
  ## Tourism and pilgrimage
  
  Major tourist attraction is Lake Plateliai and nearby town Plateliai. All year round and especially in summer, this municipality attracts many pilgrims from all over the world to its annual Christian celebrations in Žemaičių Kalvarija.
  
  ## Municipality council
  
  Plungė District Municipality Council is the governing body of the Plungė District Municipality. it is responsible for municipality laws. The council is composed of 25 member elected for four-year terms.
  
  The council is the member of The Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania.
  
  ### Mayors
  
  * 1995 – Antanas Lapukas
  * 1997 – Aleksandras Lukas
  * 2000 – Vytautas Jonutis
  * 2003 – Vigantas Danilavičius
  * 2004 – Algirdas Pečiulis
  * 2007 – Elvyra Valerija Lapukienė
  
  ## Elderships
  
  There are 11 elderships in Plungė district municipality:
  
  * Alsėdžiai eldership
  * Babrungas eldership
  * Kuliai eldership
  * Nausodis eldership
  * Paukštakiai eldership
  * Plateliai eldership
  * Plungė City eldership
  * Stalgėnai eldership
  * Šateikiai eldership
  * Žemaičių Kalvarija eldership
  * Žlibinai eldership
  