Municipalities of Lithuania

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Lithuania is divided into 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 two exceptions, Klaipėda district municipality (capital Gargždai) and Akmenė district municipality (capital Naujoji Akmenė), 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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#	Municipality	Location	Capital	Area		Population		Density		No. of elderates
#	Municipality	Location	Capital	Km²	Rank	Total	Rank	Pop/km²	Rank	No. of elderates
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

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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

[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.