Municipalities of Lithuania

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Municipalities of Lithuania is the second-level administrative division of Lithuania. The first-level division consists of 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular – apskritis, plural – apskritys) that are further sub-divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular – savivaldybė, plural – savivaldybės). There are three types of municipalities:

  • District municipalities (Lithuanian: rajono savivaldybė) – there are 43 district municipalities that roughly correspond to districts that existed under the Soviet rule. It is quite common to refer to these as simply districts because the word "municipality" was only added in 1994. These districts were created as a local version of raions.
  • City municipalities (Lithuanian: miesto savivaldybė) – there are 8 city municipalities. Six of these are based on the 6 largest cities. These 6 cities are also capitals of their corresponding district municipalities, thus these city municipalities could correspond to urban municipalities, while the district municipalities are rural. The special status of Visaginas city municipality (based on the 13th largest city) can be explained by the fact that the majority of the residents are Russians. Palanga city municipality is called this despite actually including a group of popular sea resorts rather than a single city.
  • Municipalities – there are 9 municipalities created in 2000 by "Municipalities Reform Act." They do not contain either "city" or "district" in their name. Neringa municipality existed before as Neringa city municipality.

All municipalities, with three exceptions, Klaipėda district municipality (capital Gargždai), Akmenė district municipality (capital Naujoji Akmenė) and Neringa municipality (capital Nida), are named after their capitals. Municipalities are further sub-divided into more than 500 elderates (Lithuanian: singular – seniūnija, plural – seniūnijos). For more information, see Subdivisions of Lithuania.

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This map shows counties as well as municipalities. Eight city municipalities and two municipality are marked by numbers:

1 – Vilnius city municipality
2 – Kaunas city municipality
3 – Klaipėda city municipality

4 – Panevėžys city municipality
5 – Šiauliai city municipality
6 – Alytus city municipality

7 – Birštonas municipality
8 – Palanga city municipality
9 – Visaginas city municipality
10 – Neringa municipality

Image:Municipalities in Lithuania.png

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# Municipality Location Capital Area Population Density No. of elderates
Km² Rank Total Rank Pop/km² Rank
1
Akmenė district municipality		 Šiauliai County Naujoji Akmenė 844 43 30,300 42 35.9 24 6
2
Alytus city municipality		 Alytus County Alytus 40 60 71,500 8 1786.5 5 -
3
Alytus district municipality		 Alytus County Alytus 1 1404 20 32,600 38 23.3 47 11
4
Anykščiai district municipality		 Utena County Anykščiai 1765 6 35,100 35 19.9 53 10
5
Birštonas municipality		 Kaunas County Birštonas 124 53 5,500 59 44.0 17 1
6
Biržai district municipality		 Panevėžys County Biržai 1476 16 35,500 34 24.1 44 8
7
Druskininkai municipality		 Alytus County Druskininkai 454 49 25,500 48 56.2 10 2
8
Elektrėnai municipality		 Vilnius County Elektrėnai 509 48 29,000 45 53.9 14 8
9
Ignalina district municipality		 Utena County Ignalina 1447 18-19 23,000 51 15.4 59 12
10
Jonava district municipality		 Kaunas County Jonava 944 40 52,300 15 55.4 11 9
11
Joniškis district municipality		 Šiauliai County Joniškis 1152 34 32,000 39 27.7 36 10
12
Jurbarkas district municipality		 Tauragė County Jurbarkas 1507 13 37,800 30 25.1 43 11
13
Kaišiadorys district municipality		 Kaunas County Kaišiadorys 1087 36 37,600 31 35.6 25 11
14
Kalvarija municipality		 Marijampolė County Kalvarija 441 50 13,900 56 31.5 31 4
15
Kaunas city municipality		 Kaunas County Kaunas 157 52 379,700 2 2418.5 2 11
16
Kaunas district municipality		 Kaunas County Kaunas 1 1496 14 81,400 7 54.4 13 23
17
Kazlų Rūda municipality		 Marijampolė County Kazlų Rūda 555 46 14,900 55 26.9 38 4
18
Kėdainiai district municipality		 Kaunas County Kėdainiai 1677 10 65,700 11 39.2 23 11
19
Kelmė district municipality		 Šiauliai County Kelmė 1705 8 40,900 27 24.0 45 11
20
Klaipėda city municipality		 Klaipėda County Klaipėda 98 54 193,200 3 1917.6 4 1
21
Klaipėda district municipality		 Klaipėda County Gargždai 1336 23 46,200 21 34.6 28 11
22
Kretinga district municipality		 Klaipėda County Kretinga 989 39 45,700 22 46.2 15 8
23
Kupiškis district municipality		 Panevėžys County Kupiškis 1080 37 24,600 50 22.8 48 6
24
Lazdijai district municipality		 Alytus County Lazdijai 1309 26 27,200 46 20.8 52 14
25
Marijampolė municipality		 Marijampolė County Marijampolė 755 44 70,900 9 93.9 9 9
26
Mažeikiai district municipality		 Telšiai County Mažeikiai 1220 30 67,300 10 55.2 12 9
27
Molėtai district municipality		 Utena County Molėtai 1368 22 25,400 49 18.6 56 11
28
Neringa municipality		 Klaipėda County Nida 90 55 2,400 60 26.7 39-40 2
29
Pagėgiai municipality		 Tauragė County Pagėgiai 537 47 12,200 57 22.7 49 5
30
Pakruojis district municipality		 Šiauliai County Pakruojis 1316 25 29,500 44 22.4 50 8
31
Palanga city municipality		 Klaipėda County Palanga 79 57 17,700 54 223.0 8 1
32
Panevėžys city municipality		 Panevėžys County Panevėžys 52 59 119,800 5 2396.2 3 -
33
Panevėžys district municipality		 Panevėžys County Panevėžys 1 2179 2 42,900 25 19.7 54 11
34
Pasvalys district municipality		 Panevėžys County Pasvalys 1289 27 35,000 36 27.1 37 11
35
Plungė district municipality		 Telšiai County Plungė 1105 35 44,200 23-24 40.0 21 11
36
Prienai district municipality		 Kaunas County Prienai 1031 38 35,800 33 34.7 27 10
37
Radviliškis district municipality		 Šiauliai County Radviliškis 1635 11 52,200 16 31.9 30 13
38
Raseiniai district municipality		 Kaunas County Raseiniai 1573 12 44,200 23-24 28.1 34-35 12
39
Rietavas municipality		 Telšiai County Rietavas 586 45 10,700 58 18.2 57 5
40
Rokiškis district municipality		 Panevėžys County Rokiškis 1807 4-5 42,500 26 23.5 46 10
41
Skuodas district municipality		 Klaipėda County Skuodas 911 41 25,600 47 28.1 34-35 9
42
Šakiai district municipality		 Marijampolė County Šakiai 1453 17 38,800 29 26.7 39-40 14
43
Šalčininkai district municipality		 Vilnius County Šalčininkai 1491 15 39,400 28 26.4 42 13
44
Šiauliai city municipality		 Šiauliai County Šiauliai 81 56 134,000 4 1654.7 6 2
45
Šiauliai district municipality		 Šiauliai County Šiauliai 1 1807 4-5 51,600 17 28.6 33 11
46
Šilalė district municipality		 Tauragė County Šilalė 1188 32 31,500 40 26.5 41 14
47
Šilutė district municipality		 Klaipėda County Šilutė 1706 7 55,400 13 32.4 29 11
48
Širvintos district municipality		 Vilnius County Širvintos 906 42 20,200 53 22.3 51 8
49
Švenčionys district municipality		 Vilnius County Švenčionys 1692 9 33,200 37 19.6 55 14
50
Tauragė district municipality		 Tauragė County Tauragė 1179 33 52,700 14 44.7 16 8
51
Telšiai district municipality		 Telšiai County Telšiai 1439 18-19 57,700 12 40.1 20 11
52
Trakai district municipality		 Vilnius County Trakai 1208 31 37,400 32 31.0 32 8
53
Ukmergė district municipality		 Vilnius County Ukmergė 1395 21 48,700 20 34.9 26 12
54
Utena district municipality		 Utena County Utena 1229 29 50,200 18-19 40.8 19 10
55
Varėna district municipality		 Alytus County Varėna 2218 1 31,200 41 14.1 60 8
56
Vilkaviškis district municipality		 Marijampolė County Vilkaviškis 1259 28 50,200 18-19 39.9 22 12
57
Vilnius city municipality		 Vilnius County Vilnius 401 51 554,300 1 1382.2 7 21
58
Vilnius district municipality		 Vilnius County Vilnius 1 2129 3 88,500 6 41.6 18 23
59
Visaginas city municipality		 Utena County Visaginas 58 58 29,700 43 3299.7 1 -
60
Zarasai district municipality		 Utena County Zarasai 1334 24 22,900 52 17.1 58 10

[edit] Notes and references

  • Note 1: The capital is not part of that municipality, however the municipality council and other institutions are located in that city.
  • Territory, population size (rounded up), and density are given according to Table: Total area, population and density (data from 2001 census), Statistics Lithuania (2006). Demographic Statistics Division. Regional Database. Retrieved 30 January 2006.
  • Number of elderates was obtained from Counties at Lithuanian Central Internet Gates (2006) and was cross-referenced with the official website of every municipality. Dash (-) indicates that there are no elderates in that particular municipality.

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