Municipalities of Lithuania

Lithuania is divided into ten counties, which are subdivided into 60 municipalities of various types. In "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries", for the primary subdivisions of Lithuania, I listed the 56 municipalities as they stood in ~1997. At that time, the counties were supposed to be abolished. Since then, new developments indicate that the counties are going to continue to exist, so I have designated them as primary subdivisions, and the municipalities as secondary. An informant pointed out to me a page on the Statistics Lithuania Website with an updated list of municipalities. Comparing it with the list in the book, I've drawn some conclusions about the changes that have intervened.

Short nameFull nameTypeHASCPopulationArea(km.²)
AkmeneAkmenėsdLT.SH.AK30,221844
AlytusAlytausdLT.AS.AL32,5721,404
Alytus [town]AlytauscLT.AS.AT71,49140
AnyksciaiAnykščiųdLT.UN.AN35,0661,765
BirstonasBirštonomLT.KS.BS5,439124
BirzaiBiržųdLT.PA.BZ35,4171,476
DruskininkaiDruskininkųmLT.AS.DR25,440454
ElektrenaiElektrėnųmLT.VI.EL28,923509
IgnalinaIgnalinosdLT.UN.IG23,0181,496
JonavaJonavosdLT.KS.JV52,289944
JoniskisJoniškiodLT.SH.JS31,9221,152
JurbarkasJurbarkodLT.TG.JR37,7861,507
KaisiadorysKaišiadoriųdLT.KS.KA37,6491,087
KalvarijaKalvarijosmLT.MA.KV13,883441
KaunasKaunodLT.KS.KU81,6151,496
Kaunas [town]KaunocLT.KS.KN378,943157
Kazlu RudaKazlų RūdosmLT.MA.KR14,937555
KedainiaiKėdainiųdLT.KS.KD65,7271,677
KelmeKelmėsdLT.SH.KM40,8441,705
KlaipedaKlaipėdosdLT.KP.KL46,2201,336
Klaipeda [town]KlaipėdoscLT.KP.KC192,95498
KretingaKretingosdLT.KP.KG45,688989
KupiskisKupiškiodLT.PA.KK24,6281,080
LazdijaiLazdijųdLT.AS.LA27,1291,309
MarijampoleMarijampolėsmLT.MA.MM70,823755
MazeikiaiMažeikiųdLT.TL.MZ67,2961,220
MoletaiMolėtųdLT.UN.ML25,3871,368
NeringaNeringoscLT.KP.NE2,38690
PagegiaiPagėgiųmLT.TG.PE12,208537
PakruojisPakruojodLT.SH.PK29,4581,316
PalangaPalangoscLT.KP.PG17,62379
PanevezysPanevėžiodLT.PA.PN42,8552,179
Panevezys [town]PanevėžiocLT.PA.PV119,74950
PasvalysPasvaliodLT.PA.PS34,9201,289
PlungePlungėsdLT.TL.PU44,1701,105
PrienaiPrienųdLT.KS.PR35,7131,031
RadviliskisRadviliškiodLT.SH.RD52,1481,635
RaseiniaiRaseiniųdLT.KS.RN44,1541,573
RietavasRietavomLT.TL.RT10,697586
RokiskisRokiškiodLT.PA.RK42,4211,807
SakiaiŠakiųdLT.MA.SK38,7491,453
SalcininkaiŠalčininkųdLT.VI.SC39,2821,491
SiauliaiŠiauliųdLT.SH.SA51,6201,807
Siauliai [town]ŠiauliųcLT.SH.SL133,88381
SilaleŠilalėsdLT.TG.SI31,5701,188
SiluteŠilutėsdLT.KP.SE55,3021,706
SirvintosŠirvintųdLT.VI.ST20,207906
SkuodasSkuododLT.KP.SD25,595911
SvencionysŠvenčioniųdLT.VI.SV33,1351,692
TaurageTauragėsdLT.TG.TA52,7111,179
TelsiaiTelšiųdLT.TL.TE57,7221,439
TrakaiTrakųdLT.VI.TK37,3761,208
UkmergeUkmergėsdLT.VI.UK48,6511,395
UtenaUtenosdLT.UN.UT50,1111,229
VarenaVarėnosdLT.AS.VR31,1372,218
VilkaviskisVilkaviškiodLT.MA.VK50,2421,259
VilniusVilniausdLT.VI.VL88,5862,129
Vilnius [town]VilniauscLT.VI.VN553,904401
VisaginasVisaginocLT.UN.VG29,5549
ZarasaiZarasųdLT.UN.ZA22,8261,334
60 divisions3,462,55365,300
  • Full name: when followed by type.
  • Type: city municipality (c: miesto savivaldybė), district municipality
    (d: rajono savivaldybė), or municipality (m: savivaldybė).
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. Middle two
    letters identify the county. See Counties of Lithuania page for key.
  • Population: 2001-04-06 census.

Change history:

  1. ~2000: (Conjectural) Marijampole [rajon] split into Kalvarijos and Kazlu Rudos, and a section that merged with Marijampole [town]; Pagegiai split from Silute and moved to Taurage county; Rietavas split from Plunge; Elektrenai split from Trakai.
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