Kretinga Eldership

{{Short description|Eldership of Lithuania}}

The Kretinga Eldership ({{langx|lt|Kretingos seniūnija}}) is an eldership of Lithuania, located in the Kretinga District Municipality. In 2021 its population was 4849.{{citation|title=2021 m. gyventojų ir būstų surašymas|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/4432752/2021_surasymo_lankstinukas.pdf|website=osp.stat.gov.lt}}

It was established in 1995 within {{ill|Kretinga Area|lt|Kretingos apylinkė}}. In 2017 the Vydmantai Eldership was separated from it (decision made on December 22, 2016, entered in force on July 1, 2017) by reassigning the residential areas Kiauleikiai, Liepynė, Parąžė, Pryšmančiai, Vilimiškė, and Vydmantai.[https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/bc941b12cd4111e69185e773229ab2b2 2016 m. gruodžio 22 d. Nr. T2-320 ] DECISION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VYDMANTAI ELDERSHIP OF THE KRETINGA DISTRICT AND THE DETERMINATION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TERRITORIES SERVED BY THE ELDERSHIP OF THE KRETINGA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY