What is Kretinga?
{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> |name = Kretinga |nickname = |settlement_type = City |pushpin_map =Lithuania |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Kretinga |image_skyline = Kretinga_Bernardine_Monastery_and_the_Lord’s_Revelation_to_Virgin_Mary_Church_building_complex_Nuotrauka_6.jpg |image_caption= Aerial view of Kretinga |image_shield = Kretinga COA.svg |image_flag= Kretingos Vėliava.png |coordinates = {{coord|55|53|24|N|21|14|32|E|region:LT_type:city(21500)|display=inline,title}} | |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{LTU}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Lithuania|Ethnographic&nbsp;region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Samogitia]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Lithuania|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Image:LTU Klaipėdos apskritis flag.svg|20px]] [[Klaipėda County]] |subdivision_type3 = [[List of municipalities of Lithuania|Municipality]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Kretinga district municipality]] |subdivision_type4 = [[Elderships of Lithuania|Eldership]] |subdivision_name4 = Kretinga town eldership |subdivision_type6 = [[Capital (political)|Capital of]] |subdivision_name6 = [[Kretinga district municipality]] <br /> Kretinga town eldership <br /> Kretinga rural eldership |established_date = 1253 |established_title = First mentioned |established_date2 = 1607 |established_title2= Granted [[Magdeburg rights|municipal rights]] |subdivision_name5 = |population_total = 17,249<ref>{{cite web|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/9601028/Gyventojai_gyvenamosiose_vietovese.xlsx|format=XLSX|title=GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE|website=Osp.stat.gov.lt|access-date=16 July 2022|archive-date=7 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307204851/https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/9601028/Gyventojai_gyvenamosiose_vietovese.xlsx|url-status=dead}}</ref> |population_as_of