The town of Neringa was founded in 1961 when the
Lithuanian settlements of the Curonian Spit—Juodkrantė, Pervalka, Preila, and
Nida—were joined into one town stretching for nearly 50 km. Neringa’s
population is currently about 3000. Neringa’s geographic position is unique. It
is the most western part of Lithuania, bordered by the Baltic Sea from the
west, and by the Curonian Lagoon from the east. In the southern part of Neringa
there is a state border with Russian Federation, Kaliningrad area, and
therefore this peninsula can be easy accessed from the northern part of Neringa
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