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Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe. It is a member of the United Nations, European Union, Council of Europe and NATO. As of 2010, it had a population of approximately 3.3 million, and an area of 65,300 square kilometres (16,135,981.41 acres; 25,212.47 sq mi). In the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was one of the largest countries in Europe and included present-day Lithuania, Belarus, most of Ukraine, and parts of Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Russia. As a Soviet Socialist Republic (since 1940), Lithuania initiated its declaration of independence in 1990, and gained international recognition the following year.


The country is pided into three layers of administrative pisions. The first-level pision consists of 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular – apskritis, plural – apskritys). These are sub-pided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: plural – savivaldybės, singular – savivaldybė), which in turn are further sub-pided into over 500 smaller groups, known as elderships (Lithuanian: plural – seniūnijos, singular – seniūnija).


At the end of its tenure as a Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuania's administrative pisions consisted of 44 regions, 12 cities, 80 towns, 19 settlements, and 426 rural districts. The reform of this system was an immediate concern for the new government. The Constitution of Lithuania, ratified in 1992, delegated the power of establishing future administrative units to the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas). Accordingly, the Seimas passed two fundamental laws: a 1993 law on government representation and a 1994 law specifying the territorial-administrative units and their boundaries. The current system of a set of municipalities under 10 counties was codified by 1995. Several changes were made in 2000, resulting in 60 municipalities. Further changes, including a possible increase in the number of municipalities, are still being discussed. Municipal councilors are directly elected every four years. The councilors then elect the municipality's mayor.


The following map shows counties as well as municipalities. Seven city municipalities and three municipalities are marked by numbers.


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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 Municipality

10 – Neringa Municipality



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MunicipalityCountyAdministrative centerAreaPop. (2010)Density (2010)

A coat of arms depicting orange tools on a white background on the top and an orange sun on a dark green background on the bottom


Akmenė District Municipality		Siauliai !ŠiauliaiNaujoji Akmenė7002844000000000000844 square kilometres (208,556.94 acres; 325.87 sq mi)26,73731.7

A coat of arms depicting a white flower in the middle that has a yellow stamen and green leaves all on a red background


Alytus City Municipality		AlytusAlytus700160000000000000060 square kilometres (14,826.32 acres; 23.17 sq mi)66,8411,671.0

A coat of arms depicting three flowers that have red petals, green stalks, and green leaves all sprouting from green earth


Alytus District Municipality		AlytusAlytus70031404000000000001,404 square kilometres (346,935.96 acres; 542.09 sq mi)30,69121.9

A coat of arms depicting a brown bridge rising up out of a blue body of water into a blue sky with white clouds


Anykščiai District Municipality		UtenaAnykščiai70031765000000000001,765 square kilometres (436,141.00 acres; 681.47 sq mi)31,08817.6

A coat of arms depicting a sea creature with sharp teeth, one protruding bottom tooth, and a blowhole spewing water


Birštonas Municipality		KaunasBirštonas7002124000000000000124 square kilometres (30,641.07 acres; 47.88 sq mi)5,17841.8

A coat of arms depicting a white flag with a black bird on it with a yellow beak and yellow claws all on a yellow background


Biržai District Municipality		PanevėžysBiržai70031476000000000001,476 square kilometres (364,727.54 acres; 569.89 sq mi)32,11621.8

A coat of arms depicting three golden crowns with five spikes protruding from their tops all on a blue background


Druskininkai Municipality		AlytusDruskininkai7002454000000000000454 square kilometres (112,185.84 acres; 175.29 sq mi)24,04453.0

A coat of arms depicting three yellow, diagonal lines zig-zagging from the bottom left to the top right on a grey background


Elektrėnai Municipality		VilniusElektrėnai7002509000000000000509 square kilometres (125,776.64 acres; 196.53 sq mi)27,62254.3

A coat of arms depicting three white flowers lined up vertically with four yellow seeds surrounding each all on a blue background


Ignalina District Municipality		UtenaIgnalina70031447000000000001,447 square kilometres (357,561.49 acres; 558.69 sq mi)19,37413.4

A coat of arms depicting a white bird with wings outspread, a red beak, and red feet all on a dark blue background


Jonava District Municipality		KaunasJonava7002944000000000000944 square kilometres (233,267.48 acres; 364.48 sq mi)51,40154.5

A coat of arms depicting an angel in full body armour and wings outspread while standing on a green dragon with a twisted tail


Joniškis District Municipality		Siauliai !ŠiauliaiJoniškis70031152000000000001,152 square kilometres (284,665.40 acres; 444.79 sq mi)29,31025.4

A coat of arms depicting three grey fleurs-de-lis, two directly across from each other at the top and one on the bottom, all on a red background


Jurbarkas District Municipality		TauragėJurbarkas70031507000000000001,507 square kilometres (372,387.81 acres; 581.86 sq mi)34,21322.7

A coat of arms depicting four grey horses with red eyes galloping both to the left and to the right all on a black background


Kaišiadorys District Municipality		KaunasKaišiadorys70031087000000000001,087 square kilometres (268,603.55 acres; 419.69 sq mi)35,33432.5

A coat of arms depicting a grey castle on a red background on the left and a blue eye in a yellow triangle on the right


Kalvarija Municipality		MarijampolėKalvarija7002441000000000000441 square kilometres (108,973.47 acres; 170.27 sq mi)13,16229.8

A coat of arms depicting a white bull with an angry expression and a golden cross protruding from its head all on a red background


Kaunas City Municipality		KaunasKaunas7002157000000000000157 square kilometres (38,795.54 acres; 60.62 sq mi)348,6242,220.5

A coat of arms depicting a grey bull's head with a golden cross protruding from the top all on a red crest on a blue background


Kaunas District Municipality		KaunasKaunas70031496000000000001,496 square kilometres (369,669.65 acres; 577.61 sq mi)90,19660.3

A coat of arms depicting six yellow stars in a diagonal line running from the bottom left to the top right all on a black background


Kazlų Rūda Municipality		MarijampolėKazlų Rūda7002555000000000000555 square kilometres (137,143.49 acres; 214.29 sq mi)14,18925.6

A coat of arms depicting a black wing attached to a black tallon holding a white horseshoe attached to three yellow spurs


Kėdainiai District Municipality		KaunasKėdainiai70031677000000000001,677 square kilometres (414,395.72 acres; 647.49 sq mi)61,87236.9

A coat of arms depicting a white wheel on a light blue background at the top and three white leaves on a green background at the bottom


Kelmė District Municipality		Siauliai !ŠiauliaiKelmė70031705000000000001,705 square kilometres (421,314.68 acres; 658.30 sq mi)36,80121.6

A coat of arms depicting a golden castle with three turrets surrounded with four golden stars all on a red background


Klaipėda City Municipality		KlaipėdaKlaipėda700198000000000000098 square kilometres (24,216.33 acres; 37.84 sq mi)182,7521,864.8

A coat of arms depicting a sword with a gold hilt and a silver blade penetrating a green wreath all on a red background


Klaipėda District Municipality		KlaipėdaGargždai70031336000000000001,336 square kilometres (330,132.79 acres; 515.83 sq mi)52,12539.0

A coat of arms depicting a woman clothed in blue and brown wearing a golden crown and carrying a baby all on a grey background


Kretinga District Municipality		KlaipėdaKretinga7002989000000000000989 square kilometres (244,387.22 acres; 381.86 sq mi)45,10345.6

A coat of arms depicting a black, six-pointed star on a golden background on the bottom and grey swirls on a blue background on the top


Kupiškis District Municipality		PanevėžysKupiškis70031080000000000001,080 square kilometres (266,873.81 acres; 416.99 sq mi)22,36920.7

A coat of arms depicting a golden moose with large antlers and a protruding red tongue hovering over three black keys


Lazdijai District Municipality		AlytusLazdijai70031309000000000001,309 square kilometres (323,460.94 acres; 505.41 sq mi)24,24618.5

A coat of arms depicting a man in full body armour riding a brown horse that is trampling a black dragon all on a yellow background


Marijampolė Municipality		MarijampolėMarijampolė7002755000000000000755 square kilometres (186,564.56 acres; 291.51 sq mi)68,30390.5

A coat of arms depicting a golden arrow with a zig-zag in the middle of it pulled back on a golden bow all on a blue background


Mažeikiai District Municipality		TelšiaiMažeikiai70031220000000000001,220 square kilometres (301,468.57 acres; 471.04 sq mi)65,43052.8

A coat of arms depicting a golden key on a red background at the top and three blue birds on a white background at the bottom


Molėtai District Municipality		UtenaMolėtai70031367000000000001,367 square kilometres (337,793.06 acres; 527.80 sq mi)22,47516.4


Neringa Municipality		KlaipėdaNida700190000000000000090 square kilometres (22,239.48 acres; 34.75 sq mi)3,68240.9

A coat of arms depicting a grey bird with a golden eye and wings outstretched holding a golden key all on a green background


Pagėgiai Municipality		TauragėPagėgiai7002537000000000000537 square kilometres (132,695.59 acres; 207.34 sq mi)11,13120.7

A coat of arms depicting a yellow windmill on a red crest hovering over a black bridge all on a yellow background


Pakruojis District Municipality		Siauliai !ŠiauliaiPakruojis70031316000000000001,316 square kilometres (325,190.68 acres; 508.11 sq mi)26,56120.2

A coat of arms depicting a circle for which the boundary is itself made up of beige circles all under a silver crown on a blue background


Palanga City Municipality		KlaipėdaPalanga700179000000000000079 square kilometres (19,521.33 acres; 30.50 sq mi)17,645223.4

A coat of arms depicting a red castle with black double doors, two black windows, and one central tower all standing on black ground


Panevėžys City Municipality		PanevėžysPanevėžys700150000000000000050 square kilometres (12,355.27 acres; 19.31 sq mi)111,9592,239.2

A coat of arms depicting two grey sheaves of wheat on a blue background at the top and a red plowshare on a grey background at the bottom


Panevėžys District Municipality		PanevėžysPanevėžys70032179000000000002,179 square kilometres (538,442.63 acres; 841.32 sq mi)42,44919.5

A coat of arms depicting the black head of a bull with a golden vine entangled in its black horns and a golden ring protruding from its nose


Pasvalys District Municipality		PanevėžysPasvalys70031289000000000001,289 square kilometres (318,518.84 acres; 497.69 sq mi)31,71824.6

A coat of arms depicting the Eye of Providence with a blue iris encapsulated in a golden triangle surrounded in golden rays all on a blue background


Plungė District Municipality		TelšiaiPlungė70031105000000000001,105 square kilometres (273,051.45 acres; 426.64 sq mi)43,04439.0

A coat of arms depicting a man in full body armour riding a brown horse that is tramplinga green dragon spewing red flames from its mouth


Prienai District Municipality		KaunasPrienai70031031000000000001,031 square kilometres (254,765.65 acres; 398.07 sq mi)33,04832.1

A coat of arms depicting a silver horse that is rearing and neighing all on a dark green background bordered by a thin silver line


Radviliškis District Municipality		Siauliai !ŠiauliaiRadviliškis70031635000000000001,635 square kilometres (404,017.30 acres; 631.28 sq mi)47,62629.1

A coat of arms depicting a golden lynx with black spots, a red tongue, white teeth, and white claws standing on its back paws on green turf


Raseiniai District Municipality		KaunasRaseiniai70031573000000000001,573 square kilometres (388,696.77 acres; 607.34 sq mi)40,65625.8

A coat of arms depicting a golden lion holding a silver-bladed sword in its mouth with a golden hilt and standing on green turf all on a blue background


Rietavas Municipality		TelšiaiRietavas7002586000000000000586 square kilometres (144,803.75 acres; 226.26 sq mi)9,83716.8

A coat of arms pided into four sections, the top left and bottom right of which are red, the bottom left of which is blue, and the top right of which is brown


Rokiškis District Municipality		PanevėžysRokiškis70031807000000000001,807 square kilometres (446,519.42 acres; 697.69 sq mi)37,81520.9

A coat of arms depicting a grey castle with three towers topped by crosses with a human head on the front door all on a blue background


Skuodas District Municipality		KlaipėdaSkuodas7002911000000000000911 square kilometres (225,113.00 acres; 351.74 sq mi)23,12325.4

A coat of arms depicting two grey sheaves of wheat on a red background on the left and six black, curved lines on a grey background on the right


Sakiai !Šakiai District Municipality		MarijampolėSakiai !Šakiai70031453000000000001,453 square kilometres (359,044.12 acres; 561.01 sq mi)35,50724.4

A coat of arms depicting a golden key overlapping a silver key on a blue background at the top and three golden nuts on a red background on the bottom


Salcininkai !Šalčininkai District Municipality		VilniusSalcininkai !Šalčininkai70031491000000000001,491 square kilometres (368,434.12 acres; 575.68 sq mi)36,99224.8

A coat of arms depicting a black bear with a silver collar on a red background on the left and a blue eye in a grey triangle on the right


Siauliai !Šiauliai City Municipality		Siauliai !ŠiauliaiSiauliai !Šiauliai700181000000000000081 square kilometres (20,015.54 acres; 31.27 sq mi)125,4531,548.8

A coat of arms depicting an angry, grey bear with yellow claws and a long, red tongue gripping a yellow axe in its paws all on a blue background


Siauliai !Šiauliai District Municipality		Siauliai !ŠiauliaiSiauliai !Šiauliai70031807000000000001,807 square kilometres (446,519.42 acres; 697.69 sq mi)49,19927.2

A coat of arms depicting five red leaves in a straight, horizontal row on a grey background at the top and five grey leaves on a red background at the bottom


Silale !Šilalė District Municipality		TauragėSilale !Šilalė70031188000000000001,188 square kilometres (293,561.19 acres; 458.69 sq mi)29,48624.8

A coat of arms depicting a grey boat hovering over two partitions of grey water that are themselves hovering over a grey horn all on a green-and-black background


Silute !Šilutė District Municipality		KlaipėdaSilute !Šilutė70031706000000000001,706 square kilometres (421,561.78 acres; 658.69 sq mi)52,11930.6

A coat of arms depicting a silver-bladed sword with a golden hilt standing erect between the silver antlers of a silver moose head


Sirvintos !Širvintos District Municipality		VilniusSirvintos !Širvintos7002906000000000000906 square kilometres (223,877.48 acres; 349.81 sq mi)18,62920.6

A coat of arms depicting a silver fish swimming to the right on the top and another fish swimming to the left on the bottom all on a blue background


Svencionys !Švenčionys District Municipality		VilniusSvencionys !Švenčionys70031692000000000001,692 square kilometres (418,102.31 acres; 653.28 sq mi)29,92217.7

A coat of arms depicting a rounded, silver horn hung up by a rounded, silver strap all on a solid red background bordered by a black line


Tauragė District Municipality		TauragėTauragė70031179000000000001,179 square kilometres (291,337.24 acres; 455.21 sq mi)49,92542.3

A coat of arms depicting a bishop in brown robes with a brown mitre on his head surrounded by a golden halo looking at another man


Telšiai District Municipality		TelšiaiTelšiai70031439000000000001,439 square kilometres (355,584.64 acres; 555.60 sq mi)53,82137.4

A coat of arms depicting a man in full body armour holding a white spear in his right hand and a red-and-yellow shield in his left hand


Trakai District Municipality		VilniusTrakai70031208000000000001,208 square kilometres (298,503.30 acres; 466.41 sq mi)35,70029.6

A coat of arms depicting an open book with a red rose on one page and a red bull on the other all hovering over a red heart with a building in the background


Ukmergė District Municipality		VilniusUkmergė70031395000000000001,395 square kilometres (344,712.01 acres; 538.61 sq mi)44,78332.1

A coat of arms depicting a golden horseshoe hovering over a white, 8-point star all on a blue background bordered by a thin, black line


Utena District Municipality		UtenaUtena70031230000000000001,230 square kilometres (303,939.62 acres; 474.91 sq mi)46,93938.2

A coat of arms depicting a golden scarab with wings and legs outstretched flying over six purple flowers all on a blue background


Varėna District Municipality		AlytusVarėna70032218000000000002,218 square kilometres (548,079.74 acres; 856.37 sq mi)27,60412.4

A coat of arms depicting a large, red fleur-de-lis that has a horizontal symmetry axis all on a blue background bordered by a black line


Vilkaviškis District Municipality		MarijampolėVilkaviškis70031259000000000001,259 square kilometres (311,105.68 acres; 486.10 sq mi)47,20437.5

A coat of arms depicting a white man with a white cape holding a golden staff and giving a ride to a white, golden-haloed child on his shoulder


Vilnius City Municipality		VilniusVilnius7002401000000000000401 square kilometres (99,089.26 acres; 154.83 sq mi)560,1921,397.0

A coat of arms depicting a man in full body armour riding a black horse and carrying a white spear with a golden blade in his right hand


Vilnius District Municipality		VilniusVilnius70032129000000000002,129 square kilometres (526,087.36 acres; 822.01 sq mi)96,48445.3

A coat of arms depicting a grey bird with a long, twisting neck, a yellow, pointy beak, and long yellow legs all on a dark blue background


Visaginas Municipality		UtenaVisaginas700158000000000000058 square kilometres (14,332.11 acres; 22.39 sq mi)28,335488.5

A coat of arms depicting a grey animal with the body of a fish and the head of a deer on a blue background at the top and a sword on the bottom


Zarasai District Municipality		UtenaZarasai70031334000000000001,334 square kilometres (329,638.58 acres; 515.06 sq mi)19,85514.9

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ The administrative centers in these municipalities are located outside of the municipality proper.


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  1. ^ "Timeline: Lithuania". BBC News. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 

  2. "Lithuania country profile". BBC News. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 

  3. Conference on Local and Regional Authority Co-operation in the Baltic Sea Area: proceedings, Kaunas, Lithuania, 21-23, April 1999. Council of Europe. January 2000. p. 9. ISBN 978-92-871-4538-3. Retrieved 16 February 2011. 

  4. ^ Jolanta Vaičiūnienė (2008-11-14). "The Administrative–Territorial Reform in Lithuania: History and Today". Council of Europe. Retrieved 16 February 2011. 

  5. Local Economic and Employment Development (Program); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (April 2007). Baltic partnerships: integration, growth and local governance in the Baltic Sea Region. OECD Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-92-64-02928-6. Retrieved 23 February 2011. 

  6. Council of Europe (2007). State of human rights and democracy in Europe. Council of Europe. pp. 269–271. ISBN 978-92-871-6288-5. Retrieved 17 February 2011. 

  7. ^ Miluše Kindlová (2006). Constitutional law of 10 EU member states: the 2004 enlargement. Kluwer. pp. 603–604. ISBN 978-90-13-03468-4. Retrieved 17 February 2011. 

  8. Municipality administrative centers and coats of arms are given by Statistics Lithuania in subpages under the Portrait of the Regions of Lithuania; e.g. Alytus town municipality.

  9. ^ "M3010211: >>>Total area and population by administrative territory". Statistics Lithuania. Retrieved 16 February 2011. 



































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