Counties_of_Lithuania
Counties of Lithuania
Counties are administered by county governors (Lithuanian: singular apskrities viršininkas, plural apskrities viršininkai) who are 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 as the two smallest counties administer only four municipalities. There is a proposal to replace the counties with four or five lands, a new administrative unit, that would be decided according to the ethnographic regions of Lithuania and based on the 5 major cities with the population more than 100,000.
Modern apskritys should not be confused with apskritys that existed in the independent Lithuania during the interwar period. At that time Lithuania had a two-step administrative division: apskritys that were subdivided into valsčius. Lithuania now has a three-step division: counties, municipalities, and elderates (apkritys, savivaldybės, and seniūnijos). See subdivisions of Lithuania for details.
Map
This map shows counties as well as municipalities. Eight city municipalities and two municipalities are marked by numbers:List
| # | County (media help) | Capital | Area in km² (rank) | Population in 2001 (census) | Population in 2008 (rank) | Population per km² (rank) | Municipalities |
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| 1 | Alytus County (Alytus.ogg • Alytus.ogg) | Alytus | 5,425 (6) | 187,769 | 177,040 (7) | 32.6 (8) |
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| 2 | Kaunas County (Kaunas.ogg • Kaunas.ogg) | Kaunas | 8,089 (3) | 701,529 | 673,706 (2) | 83.3 (2) |
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(Klaipeda.ogg • Klaipeda.ogg)
- Klaipėda city municipality
- Klaipėda district municipality
- Kretinga district municipality
- Neringa municipality
- Palanga city municipality
- Skuodas district municipality
- Šilutė district municipality
(marijampole.ogg • marijampole.ogg)
- Kalvarija municipality
- Kazlų Rūda municipality
- Marijampolė municipality
- Šakiai district municipality
- Vilkaviškis district municipality
(Panevezys.ogg • Panevezys.ogg)
- Biržai district municipality
- Kupiškis district municipality
- Panevėžys city municipality
- Panevėžys district municipality
- Pasvalys district municipality
- Rokiškis district municipality
(Siauliai.ogg • Siauliai.ogg)
- Akmenė district municipality
- Joniškis district municipality
- Kelmė district municipality
- Pakruojis district municipality
- Radviliškis district municipality
- Šiauliai city municipality
- Šiauliai district municipality
(Taurage.ogg • Taurage.ogg)
- Jurbarkas district municipality
- Pagėgiai municipality
- Šilalė district municipality
- Tauragė district municipality
(Telsiai.ogg • Telsiai.ogg)
- Mažeikiai district municipality
- Plungė district municipality
- Rietavas municipality
- Telšiai district municipality
(Utena.ogg • Utena.ogg)
- Anykščiai district municipality
- Ignalina district municipality
- Molėtai district municipality
- Utena district municipality
- Visaginas city municipality
- Zarasai district municipality
(Vilnius.ogg • Vilnius.ogg)
See also
References
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