Map of counties and their capitals

The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: apskritys, singular - apskritis), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: savivaldybės, singular - savivaldybė): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities. Each municipality is then divided into elderates (Lithuanian: seniūnijos, singular - seniūnija). Such division was created in 1994 and modified in 2000. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1424x1083, 82 KB) Counties of Lithuania File links The following pages link to this file: Counties of Lithuania ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1424x1083, 82 KB) Counties of Lithuania File links The following pages link to this file: Counties of Lithuania ... SeniÅ«nija (elderate or eldership in English) is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania. ...

Counties are ruled by apskrities viršininkas (officially translated as "governor") who is appointed by the central government in Vilnius. Their primary duty is to ensure that the municipalities obey the laws and the constitution of Lithuania. They do not have great powers vested in them, and so it is suggested that 10 counties are too much for Lithuania (the smallest county has only 4 municipalities). It is proposed to replace the counties with 4 or 5 lands, a new administrative unit, that would be decided according to the ethnographic regions of Lithuania and based on the 5 major cities. Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County Municipality Vilnius city municipality Elderate Number of elderates 21 General information Capital of Lithuania Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality Population (rank) 540,318 in 2005 (1st) First mentioned 1323 Granted city rights 1387 The Three Crosses monument in Vilnius. ... The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania defines the legal foundation for all laws passed in the Republic of Lithuania. ... Lithuania is divided into historical and cultural regions: Aukštaitija (literally Upper Lithuania) comprises present Vilnius county, Utena County, Panevėžys County and the eastern part of Šiauliai County. ... Cities with over 250,000 inhabitants in Lithuania : Vilnius (Capital City) Kaunas Cities with 50,000–250,000 inhabitants in Lithuania : Alytus KlaipÄ—da Panevėžys Å iauliai Towns with 30,000–50,000 inhabitants in Lithuania Jonava KÄ—dainiai MarijampolÄ— Mažeikiai TelÅ¡iai Utena Towns with 20,000–30...

Modern apskritys should not be confused with apskritys that existed in independent Lithuania during the interwar period. At that time Lithuania had two-step administrative division: apskritys that were subdivided into valsčius. Lithuania now has three-step division: county, municipality, and elderate (apkritys, savivaldybės, and seniūnijos). The Interwar period was the time between World War I and World War II, ergo the 1920s and 1930s. ...

List

#	County (media help)	Capital	Area in km² (rank)	Population in 2001 (rank)	Population per km² (rank)	Municipalities	Number of elderates
1	Alytus County (listen • info)	Alytus	5,425 (6)	188,000 (7)	34.7 (8)	Alytus city municipality Alytus district municipality Druskininkai municipality Lazdijai district municipality Varėna district municipality	35
2	Kaunas County (listen • info)	Kaunas	8,060 (3)	702,100 (2)	87.1 (2)	Birštonas municipality Jonava district municipality Kaišiadorys district municipality Kaunas city municipality Kaunas district municipality Kėdainiai district municipality Prienai district municipality Raseiniai district municipality	88
3	Klaipėda County (listen • info)	Klaipėda	5,209 (7)	386,100 (3)	74.1 (3)	Klaipėda city municipality Klaipėda district municipality Kretinga district municipality Neringa municipality Palanga city municipality Skuodas district municipality Šilutė district municipality	43
4	Marijampolė County (listen • info)	Marijampolė	4,463 (8)	188,800 (6)	42.3 (5)	Kalvarija municipality Kazlų Rūda municipality Marijampolė municipality Šakiai district municipality Vilkaviškis district municipality	40
5	Panevėžys County (listen • info)	Panevėžys	7,881 (4)	300,300 (5)	38.1 (7)	Biržai district municipality Kupiškis district municipality Panevėžys city municipality Panevėžys district municipality Pasvalys district municipality Rokiškis district municipality	46
6	Šiauliai County (listen • info)	Šiauliai	8,540 (2)	370,400 (4)	43.4 (4)	Akmenė district municipality Joniškis district municipality Kelmė district municipality Pakruojis district municipality Radviliškis district municipality Šiauliai city municipality Šiauliai district municipality	61
7	Tauragė County (listen • info)	Tauragė	4,411 (9)	134,300 (10)	30.4 (9)	Jurbarkas district municipality Pagėgiai municipality Šilalė district municipality Tauragė district municipality	38
8	Telšiai County (listen • info)	Telšiai	4,350 (10)	180,000 (9)	41.4 (6)	Mažeikiai district municipality Plungė district municipality Rietavas municipality Telšiai district municipality	36
9	Utena County (listen • info)	Utena	7,201 (5)	186,400 (8)	25.9 (10)	Anykščiai district municipality Ignalina district municipality Molėtai district municipality Utena district municipality Visaginas city municipality Zarasai district municipality	53
10	Vilnius County (listen • info)	Vilnius	9,760 (1)	850,700 (1)	87.2 (1)	Elektrėnai municipality Šalčininkai district municipality Širvintos district municipality Švenčionys district municipality Trakai district municipality Ukmergė district municipality Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality	107

SeniÅ«nija (elderate or eldership in English) is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania. ... Alytus County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Alytus. ... Image File history File links Alytus_County_coat_of_arms. ... Alytus (approximate English transcription [ÊŒ.lıː.ˈtus], simplified Lithuanian transcription [alÄ«tus]; Polish: Olita) is the capital of Alytus County, Lithuania, with 70,000 inhabitants. ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Alytus County General information Capital Alytus Major settlements Alytus (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Alytus County General information Capital Alytus Major settlements Simnas (pop. ... Druskininkai (Belarusian: Druskieniki; Polish: Druskienniki) is a spa town on Neman River in Lithuania, close to the borders to Belarus and Poland. ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Alytus County General information Capital Lazdijai Major settlements Lazdijai (pop. ... VarÄ—na district municipality is a municipality of Lithuania in southern Lithuania, Alytaus Apskritis. ... Kaunas County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Kaunas. ... Image File history File links Kaunas_County_coat_of_arms. ... Kaunas (approximate English transcription [ˈkəʊ.nÉ™s], simplified Lithuanian transcription [kaÅ­nas]; German: ; Polish: , often anglicized as Kovno; Russian: , formerly Ковно), is the second largest city in Lithuania. ... Location Ethnographic region [[Sudovia / DzÅ«kija]] County Kaunas County General information Capital BirÅ¡tonas Major settlements BirÅ¡tonas (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Kaunas County General information Capital Jonava Major settlements Jonava (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Kaunas County General information Capital KaiÅ¡iadorys Major settlements KaiÅ¡iadorys (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Sudovia / AukÅ¡taitija County Kaunas County General information Capital Kaunas Major settlements Kaunas (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region [[AukÅ¡taitija / Sudovia]] County Kaunas County General information Capital Kaunas Major settlements Garliava (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Kaunas County General information Capital KÄ—dainiai Major settlements KÄ—dainiai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region [[DzÅ«kija / Sudovia]] County Kaunas County General information Capital Prienai Major settlements Prienai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County Kaunas County General information Capital Raseiniai Major settlements Raseiniai (pop. ... KlaipÄ—da County (Lithuanian: KlaipÄ—dos apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Klaipeda. ... Image File history File links Klaipeda_County_coat_of_arms. ... The port of KlaipÄ—da handles some 20 million tons of cargo each year KlaipÄ—da (approximate English transcription: [ˈklaı.pÉ›.dÊŒ], simplified Lithuanian transcription: [klaǐpÄ“da]; German: Memel or Memelburg) is a Lithuanian town on the Baltic Sea. ... Location Ethnographic region Lithuania Minor County KlaipÄ—da County General information Capital KlaipÄ—da Major settlements KlaipÄ—da (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Lithuania Minor / Samogitia County KlaipÄ—da County General information Capital Gargždai Major settlements Gargždai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Sudovia County KlaipÄ—da County General information Capital Kretinga Major settlements Kretinga (pop. ... Map Capital Nida Cities no cities Mayor Vigantas Giedraitis Size 55th place 89,8 km² Population 60th place 2,386 people; Population density 40th place 26,6/km² Neringa municipality (Lithuanian: Neringos savivaldybė) is a municipality in the westernmost Lithuania, in the Curonian Spit. ... Palanga city municipality is a municipality consisting of small towns: BÅ«tingÄ—, Nemirseta, Palanga and Å ventoji and some villages. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County KlaipÄ—da County General information Capital Skuodas Major settlements Skuodas (pop. ... {{infobox savivaldybe|Å ilutÄ—s rajono|Image:Silute district location. ... MarijampolÄ— County (Lithuanian: MarijampolÄ—s apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Marijampole. ... Image File history File links Marijampole_County_coat_of_arms. ... MarijampolÄ— (approximate English transcription [mÊŒ.rı.ˈjaːm. ... Location Ethnographic region Sudovia County MarijampolÄ— County General information Capital Kalvarija Major settlements Kalvarija (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Sudovia County MarijampolÄ— County General information Capital Kazlų RÅ«da Major settlements Kazlų RÅ«da (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Sudovia County MarijampolÄ— County General information Capital MarijampolÄ— Major settlements MarijampolÄ— (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Sudovia County MarijampolÄ— County General information Capital Å akiai Major settlements Å akiai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Sudovia County MarijampolÄ— County General information Capital VilkaviÅ¡kis Major settlements VilkaviÅ¡kis (pop. ... Panevėžys County (Lithuanian: Panevėžio apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Panevezys. ... Image File history File links Panevezys_County_coat_of_arms. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Panevėžys County General information Capital Biržai Major settlements Biržai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Panevėžys County General information Capital KupiÅ¡kis Major settlements KupiÅ¡kis (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Panevėžys County General information Capital Panevėžys Major settlements Panevėžys (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Panevėžys County General information Capital Panevėžys Major settlements Krekenava (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Panevėžys County General information Capital Pasvalys Major settlements Pasvalys (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Panevėžys County General information Capital RokiÅ¡kis Major settlements RokiÅ¡kis (pop. ... Å iauliai County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Siauliai. ... Image File history File links Siauliai_County_coat_of_arms. ... Å iauliai is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 133,883. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County Å iauliai County General information Capital Naujoji AkmenÄ— Major settlements Naujoji AkmenÄ— (pop. ... JoniÅ¡kis district municipality (JoniÅ¡kio rajono savivaldybÄ—) is a territorial unit of Lithuania with a population of around 30 thousand. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County Å iauliai County General information Capital KelmÄ— Major settlements KelmÄ— (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Å iauliai County General information Capital Pakruojis Major settlements Pakruojis (pop. ... RadviliÅ¡kis district is one of the six districts of Å iauliai County (Å iauliai apskritis) in Lithuania. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County Å iauliai County General information Capital Å iauliai Major settlements Å iauliai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region [[Samogitia / AukÅ¡taitija]] County Å iauliai County General information Capital Å iauliai Major settlements KurÅ¡Ä—nai (pop. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Taurage. ... Image File history File links Taurage_County_coat_of_arms. ... TauragÄ— (Polish: Taurogi, German: Tauroggen) is an industrial town in western Lithuania and the capital of TauragÄ— County. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia / Lithuania Minor County TauragÄ— County General information Capital Jurbarkas Major settlements Jurbarkas (pop. ... Country Lithuania County TauragÄ— Area 537 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density 12192 22. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County TauragÄ— County General information Capital Å ilalÄ— Major settlements Å ilalÄ— (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County TauragÄ— County General information Capital TauragÄ— Major settlements TauragÄ— (pop. ... TelÅ¡iai County (Lithuanian: TelÅ¡ių apskritis; Samogitian: TelÅ¡iÅ« apskrÄ—tÄ—s) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Telsiai. ... Image File history File links Telsiai_County_coat_of_arms. ... TelÅ¡iai in the evening TelÅ¡iai (approximate English transcription [tÉ›l(É™).ˈʃeı], simplified Lithuanian transcription [telʃiaǐ]; Polish Telsze) is a town in Lithuania with about 35,000 inhabitants. ... Map Capital Mažeikiai Cities Mažeikiai (42,675 people) ViekÅ¡niai (2,270 people) Seda (1,309 people) Mayor Vilhelmas Džiugelis Size 30th place 1220,2 km² Population 10th place 67,296 people; Population density 12th place 55,2/km² Telephone code 443 Official website http://www. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County TelÅ¡iai County General information Capital PlungÄ— Major settlements PlungÄ— (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County TelÅ¡iai County General information Capital Rietavas Major settlements Rietavas (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region Samogitia County TelÅ¡iai County General information Capital TelÅ¡iai Major settlements TelÅ¡iai (pop. ... Utena County (Lithuanian: Utenos apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Utena. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Utena_County_Coat_of_Arms. ... Utena on map of Lithuania Utena (Polish: , Russian: ) — town in north-east of Lithuania, administrative center of Utena district and Utena County. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Utena County General information Capital Anykščiai Major settlements Anykščiai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Utena County General information Capital Ignalina Major settlements Ignalina (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Utena County General information Capital MolÄ—tai Major settlements MolÄ—tai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Utena County General information Capital Utena (town) Major settlements Utena (town) (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Utena County General information Capital Visaginas Major settlements Visaginas (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Utena County General information Capital Zarasai Major settlements Zarasai (pop. ... Vilnius County is the biggest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius. ... Image File history File links Vilnius. ... Image File history File links Vilnius_County_coat_of_arms. ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County Municipality Vilnius city municipality Elderate Number of elderates 21 General information Capital of Lithuania Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality Population (rank) 540,318 in 2005 (1st) First mentioned 1323 Granted city rights 1387 The Three Crosses monument in Vilnius. ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County General information Capital ElektrÄ—nai Major settlements ElektrÄ—nai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County General information Capital Å alčininkai Major settlements Å alčininkai (pop. ... Å irvintos district municipality (Å irvintų rajono savivaldybÄ—) is a municipality in Lithuania, it is in territory of Vilniaus Apskritis and its capital is Å irvintos. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija / DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County General information Capital Å venčionys Major settlements Å venčionÄ—liai (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County General information Capital Trakai Major settlements Lentvaris (pop. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija County Vilnius County General information Capital UkmergÄ— Major settlements UkmergÄ— (pop. ... Map Capital Vilnius Cities Vilnius (542287 people) GrigiÅ¡kÄ—s (11448 people) Mayor ArtÅ«ras Zuokas (Liberal and Center Union) Size 51st place 400,6 km² Population 1st place 553904 people; Population density 7th place 1382,7/km² Telephone code 5 Official website http://www. ... Location Ethnographic region AukÅ¡taitija / DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County General information Capital Vilnius Major settlements NemenčinÄ— (pop. ...

Map

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

Image File history File links Map showing municipalities and counties in Lithuania. ...

See also

• Subdivisions of Lithuania
• List of municipalities of Lithuania
• Elderate

This article is about the administrative divisions of Lithuania. ... Map of municipalities and counties in Lithuania. ... Seniūnija (elderate or eldership in English) is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania. ...

References

• Statistics Lithuania - Regional Database
• Lithuanian Central Internet Gates