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 obey the laws and the Constitution of Lithuania. They did not have great powers vested in them, and so it was suggested that 10 counties are too much for Lithuania as the two smallest counties administer only four municipalities. Therefore, on 1 July 2010, the county administrations were abolished, but the counties themselves are retained for statistical and reporting purposes.[1]
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 valsčius. Lithuania now has a three-step division: counties, municipalities, and elderates (apskritys, savivaldybės, and seniūnijos). See subdivisions of Lithuania for details.
^"Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
^"Resident population at the beginning of the year".
^"BENDRASIS VIDAUS PRODUKTAS PAGAL APSKRITIS 2021 M." (in Lithuanian). Statistics Lithuania. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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^"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
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counties, lithuania, territory, lithuania, divided, into, counties, lithuanian, singular, apskritis, plural, apskritys, named, after, their, capitals, counties, divided, into, municipalities, lithuanian, singular, savivaldybė, plural, savivaldybės, city, munic. 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 savivaldybe plural savivaldybes 9 city municipalities 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities Each municipality is then divided into elderates Lithuanian singular seniunija plural seniunijos This division was created in 1994 and slightly modified in 2000 Until 2010 the counties were administered by county governors Lithuanian singular apskrities virsininkas plural apskrities virsininkai appointed by the central government in Vilnius Their primary duty was to ensure that the municipalities obey the laws and the Constitution of Lithuania They did not have great powers vested in them and so it was suggested that 10 counties are too much for Lithuania as the two smallest counties administer only four municipalities Therefore on 1 July 2010 the county administrations were abolished but the counties themselves are retained for statistical and reporting purposes 1 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 valscius Lithuania now has a three step division counties municipalities and elderates apskritys savivaldybes and seniunijos See subdivisions of Lithuania for details Contents 1 Map 2 List 3 See also 4 ReferencesMap editThis map shows counties as well as municipalities Eight city municipalities and two municipalities are marked by numbers 1 Vilnius City Municipality 2 Kaunas City Municipality 3 Klaipeda City Municipality 4 Panevezys City Municipality 5 Siauliai City Municipality 6 Alytus City Municipality 7 Birstonas Municipality 8 Palanga City Municipality 9 Visaginas Municipality 10 Neringa Municipality nbsp List edit County media help Capital Areain km2 rank Population 2023 2 Pop density per km2 GDP nominal billion EUR 3 GDP per capita EUR Average monthly gross salary EUR 4 HDI 2021 5 Municipalities 1 Alytus County listen info nbsp Alytus 5 418 6 135 367 25 1 6 11 500 1 582 0 841 Alytus Alytus District Druskininkai Lazdijai Varena 2 Kaunas County listen info nbsp Kaunas 8 086 3 580 333 70 11 6 20 400 1 930 0 882 Birstonas Jonava Kaisiadorys Kaunas Kaunas District Kedainiai Prienai Raseiniai 3 Klaipeda County listen info nbsp Klaipeda 5 222 7 336 104 61 6 0 18 400 1 802 0 876 Klaipeda Klaipeda District Kretinga Neringa Palanga Skuodas Silute 4 Marijampole County listen info nbsp Marijampole 4 466 8 135 891 31 1 6 11 800 1 575 0 830 Kalvarija Kazlu Ruda Marijampole Sakiai Vilkaviskis 5 Panevezys County listen info nbsp Panevezys 7 878 4 211 652 27 3 0 14 100 1 638 0 847 Birzai Kupiskis Panevezys Panevezys District Pasvalys Rokiskis 6 Siauliai County listen info nbsp Siauliai 8 537 2 261 764 31 3 9 15 000 1 649 0 847 Akmene Joniskis Kelme Pakruojis Radviliskis Siauliai Siauliai District 7 Taurage County listen info nbsp Taurage 4 349 9 90 652 21 1 1 10 900 1 586 0 817 Jurbarkas Pagegiai Silale Taurage 8 Telsiai County listen info nbsp Telsiai 4 350 10 131 431 30 1 8 13 500 1 724 0 847 Mazeikiai Plunge Rietavas Telsiai 9 Utena County listen info nbsp Utena 7 191 5 125 462 18 1 4 11 200 1 548 0 831 Anyksciai Ignalina Moletai Utena Visaginas Zarasai 10 Vilnius County listen info nbsp Vilnius 9 730 1 851 346 84 24 2 29 800 2 191 0 913 Elektrenai Salcininkai Sirvintos Svencionys Trakai Ukmerge Vilnius Vilnius District Lithuania Vilnius 65 300 2 860 000 43 56 2 20 000 1 960 0 875See also editAdministrative divisions of Lithuania Municipalities Lithuanian plural savivaldybes singular savivaldybe Elderships or wards Lithuanian plural seniunijos singular seniunija Seniunaitija sub eldership Cities Lithuanian plural miestai singular miestas Towns Lithuanian plural miesteliai singular miestelis References edit Del apskriciu virsininku administraciju likvidavimo Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Retrieved 21 August 2011 Resident population at the beginning of the year BENDRASIS VIDAUS PRODUKTAS PAGAL APSKRITIS 2021 M in Lithuanian Statistics Lithuania 25 November 2016 Retrieved 22 November 2018 Darbo uzmokestis regionuose apskrityse ir savivaldybese Sub national HDI Area Database Global Data Lab hdi globaldatalab org Retrieved 2018 09 13 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Counties of Lithuania amp oldid 1184752240, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
