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The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular apskritis, plural apskritys), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular savivaldybė, plural savivaldybės): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities. Each municipality is then divided into elderates (Lithuanian: singular seniūnija, plural seniūnijos). This division was created in 1994 and slightly modified in 2000.

Until 2010, the counties were administered by county governors (Lithuanian: singular – apskrities viršininkas, plural – apskrities viršininkai) appointed by the central government in Vilnius. Their primary duty was to ensure that the municipalities obeyed the laws and the Constitution of Lithuania. They did not have great powers vested in them, and so it was suggested that 10 counties were too much for Lithuania as the two smallest counties administered only four municipalities. Therefore, on 1 July 2010, the county administrations were abolished, but the counties themselves are retained for statistical and reporting purposes.

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-tier administrative division: apskritys that were subdivided into valsčiai. Modern apskritys remain only a territorial and statistical unit, while the top-tier administrative division are the municipalities (savivaldybės), followed by elderships (seniūnijos), and sub-elderships in some areas (seniūnaitijos). 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:

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1Vilnius City Municipality<br>

2Kaunas City Municipality<br>

3Klaipėda City Municipality

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4Panevėžys City Municipality<br>

5Šiauliai City Municipality<br>

6Alytus City Municipality

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7Birštonas Municipality<br>

8Palanga City Municipality<br>

9Visaginas Municipality<br>

10Neringa Municipality<br>

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file:Municipalities in Lithuania.png

List

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! # !! County<br><small>(media help)</small>!! Capital !! Area<br>in km<sup>2</sup> (rank) !! Population (2023)!!Pop. density<br />(per km<sup>2</sup>) !! GDP (nominal)<br>(billion EUR) !! GDP (per capita)<br>(EUR) !! Average monthly gross salary<br>(EUR) !! HDI<br>(2021)<br/> !! Municipalities

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| 1

| Alytus County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Alytus

| 5,418 (6)

| 135,367

| 25

| 1.6

| 11,500

| 1,582

| 0.841

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  • Alytus
  • Alytus (District)
  • Druskininkai
  • Lazdijai
  • Varėna

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| 2

| Kaunas County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Kaunas

| 8,086 (3)

| 580,333

| 70

| 11.6

| 20,400

| 1,930

| 0.882

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  • Birštonas
  • Jonava
  • Kaišiadorys
  • Kaunas
  • Kaunas (District)
  • Kėdainiai
  • Prienai
  • Raseiniai

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| 3

| Klaipėda County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Klaipėda

| 5,222 (7)

| 336,104

| 61

| 6.0

| 18,400

| 1,802

| 0.876

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  • Klaipėda
  • Klaipėda (District)
  • Kretinga
  • Neringa
  • Palanga
  • Skuodas
  • Šilutė

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| 4

| Marijampolė County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Marijampolė

| 4,466 (8)

| 135,891

| 31

| 1.6

| 11,800

| 1,575

| 0.830

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  • Kalvarija
  • Kazlų Rūda
  • Marijampolė
  • Šakiai
  • Vilkaviškis

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| 5

| Panevėžys County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Panevėžys

| 7,878 (4)

| 211,652

| 27

| 3.0

| 14,100

| 1,638

| 0.847

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  • Biržai
  • Kupiškis
  • Panevėžys
  • Panevėžys (District)
  • Pasvalys
  • Rokiškis

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| 6

| Šiauliai County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Šiauliai

| 8,537 (2)

| 261,764

| 31

| 3.9

| 15,000

| 1,649

| 0.847

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  • Akmenė
  • Joniškis
  • Kelmė
  • Pakruojis
  • Radviliškis
  • Šiauliai
  • Šiauliai (District)

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| 7

| Tauragė County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Tauragė

| 4,349 (9)

| 90,652

| 21

| 1.1

| 10,900

| 1,586

| 0.817

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  • Jurbarkas
  • Pagėgiai
  • Šilalė
  • Tauragė

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| 8

| Telšiai County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Telšiai

| 4,350 (10)

| 131,431

| 30

| 1.8

| 13,500

| 1,724

| 0.847

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  • Mažeikiai
  • Plungė
  • Rietavas
  • Telšiai

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| 9

| Utena County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Utena

| 7,191 (5)

| 125,462

| 18

| 1.4

| 11,200

| 1,548

| 0.831

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  • Anykščiai
  • Ignalina
  • Molėtai
  • Utena
  • Visaginas
  • Zarasai

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| 10

| Vilnius County<br><small>(listen • info)</small><br><br>40px

| Vilnius

| 9,730 (1)

| 851,346

| 84

| 24.2

| 29,800

| 2,191

| 0.913

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  • Elektrėnai
  • Šalčininkai
  • Širvintos
  • Švenčionys
  • Trakai
  • Ukmergė
  • Vilnius
  • Vilnius (District)

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| Lithuania

| Vilnius

| 65,300

| 2,860,000

| 43

| 56.2

| 20,000

| 1,960

| 0.875

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See also

  • Administrative divisions of Lithuania
  • Municipalities (Lithuanian: plural – savivaldybės, singular – savivaldybė)
  • Elderships (or wards) (Lithuanian: plural – seniūnijos, singular – seniūnija).
  • Seniūnaitija (sub-eldership)
  • Cities (Lithuanian: plural – miestai, singular – miestas)
  • Towns (Lithuanian: plural – miesteliai, singular – miestelis)

References