Palanga is a resort town through which the Šventoji and Rąžė (Samogitian:
Ronžē) Rivers flow into the Baltic
Sea. Rąžė was formerly known as Alanga and gave Palanga its name: Palanga which literally means on the Alanga River. The Palanga
municipality extends 24 kilometers from Nemirseta in the south to the Latvian
border in the north. Palanga is subdivided to Nemirseta, Vanagupė, Kunigiškiai,
Manciškiai, and Šventoji – five neighboring fishermen villages which
