Zarasai District Municipality

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Zarasai District Municipality
Zarasų rajono savivaldybė

Municipality

Coat of arms

Location of Zarasai district municipality within Lithuania

Capital

Government

• Mayor

Arnoldas Abramavičius

• Ruling party

Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats

• Council size

21 members

Area

• Total

1,334 km² (515 sq mi)

Area rank

24th

Population (2001 census)

• Total

22,900

• Rank

52nd

• Density

17/km² (44/sq mi)

• Density rank

58th

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Telephone code

385

Major settlements

Zarasai (pop. 8,365)
Dusetos (pop. 914)

Website

www.zarasai.lt

Zarasai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It borders with Latvia and Belarus.

Population

The district has two cities: Zarasai (capital) and Dusetos, three small towns (miestelis): Antalieptė, Salakas, and Turmantas and about 800 rural settlements (villages and single-family farsmsteads ()).

Geography and attractions

30% of the territory is covered by forests (about 65% of those are pine forests), about 10% by lakes. The district has about 300 lakes. The most famous lake is Lake Sartai for its winter horse races. Part of the biggest lake in Lithuania, Lake Drūkšiai, is also in the district. Other three lakes are among the ten largest lakes in Lithuania. There are 20 artificial lakes, the biggest one is Antalieptė Lagoon (Lithuanian: Antalieptės marios). It is a unique artificial lake in Lithuania. It was formed when a dam on Šventoji River was built and 27 different lakes joined to form one lagoon. It has about 50 islands. There are 8 rivers, the longest is Šventoji River (almost 45 km in the district). The district has two regional parks, Sartai and Gražutė.

The district is rich in beautiful nature and could become a tourist destination. However, the geographic location is very inconvenient. Zarasai district municipality is away from major highways. Also, it is quite far away from the capital, Vilnius. Vilnians would rather choose numerous lakes in Molėtai district municipality or Aukštaitija National Park for recreation.

The district has many hill forts built in the 9-12th centuries. They were used for defence against Livonian Order attacking from Daugavpils.

The oldest tree in Lithuania Stelmužė Oak grows in the district.

Nature and geography

v t e Utena County

Municipalities	Anykščiai Ignalina Molėtai Utena Visaginas Zarasai

Cities	Anykščiai Dūkštas Dusetos Ignalina Kavarskas Molėtai Troškūnai Utena Visaginas Zarasai

Towns	Alanta Andrioniškis Antalieptė Balninkai Daugailiai Debeikiai Dubingiai Giedraičiai Joniškis Kuktiškės Kurkliai Leliūnai Mielagėnai Rimšė Saldutiškis Skiemonys Sudeikiai Surdegis Svėdasai Tauragnai Traupis Turmantas Tverečius Užpaliai Viešintos Vyžuonos

Villages	Aknystos Avilčiai Ažuožeriai Čiulai Didžiasalis Ginučiai Kazitiškis Kulionys Naujieji Elmininkai Palūšė Raguvėlė Rokėnai Rubikiai Stelmužė Stripeikiai Vidiškės Žvaigždžiakalnis

v t e Municipalities of Lithuania

District municipalities	Akmenė Alytus Anykščiai Biržai Ignalina Jonava Joniškis Jurbarkas Kaišiadorys Kaunas Kėdainiai Kelmė Klaipėda Kretinga Kupiškis Lazdijai Mažeikiai Molėtai Pakruojis Panevėžys Pasvalys Plungė Prienai Radviliškis Raseiniai Rokiškis Skuodas Šakiai Šalčininkai Šiauliai Šilalė Šilutė Širvintos Švenčionys Tauragė Telšiai Trakai Ukmergė Utena Varėna Vilkaviškis Vilnius Zarasai

City municipalities	Alytus Kaunas Klaipėda Palanga Panevėžys Šiauliai Vilnius

Municipalities	Birštonas Druskininkai Elektrėnai Kalvarija Kazlų Rūda Marijampolė Neringa Pagėgiai Rietavas Visaginas

Coordinates: 55°43′52″N 26°11′17″E / 55.73111°N 26.18806°E / 55.73111; 26.18806

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