Varėna Rajong Municipality
Varėnos rajono savivaldybė (Varėna Rajong Municipality) |
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district | Alytus | ||
Coordinates | 54 ° 13 ' N , 24 ° 34' E | ||
Parish seat | Varėna | ||
Biggest cities / towns | Varėna (10,845 U) | ||
Number of cities | 1 | ||
Number of towns | 2 | ||
Number of villages | 320 | ||
Districts | 8th | ||
Residents | 28,955 | ||
surface | 2218 km² | ||
Population density | 13 | ||
prefix | +370 310 | ||
Ruling party | TS-LKD , LRLS and LLSL | ||
mayor | Algis Kašėta (since 2015) | ||
Size of the parish council | 25th | ||
ISO 3166-2 | LT-55 | ||
www.varena.lt |
The Rajonggemeinde Varėna (Lithuanian: Varėnos rajono savivaldybė ) is a self-governing municipality in southeastern Lithuania , in the Dzūkija region . It is the largest of the 60 self-governments in Lithuania in terms of area.
Varėna has an area of 2218 and 28,995 inhabitants.
places
The municipality includes the town of Varėna (10,106 E.), its council seat, the towns ( miestelis ) Merkinė (1434 E.) and Valkininkai (238 E.), and 320 villages. The largest of these are Matuizos (1312 E.) and Senoji Varėna (1276 E.).
Districts
The district of Varėna is divided into 8 administrative districts ( seniūnija ):
- Žilinai
- Kaniava based in Panočiai
- Marcinkonys
- Matuizos
- Merkinė
- Valkininkai
- Varėna
- Vydeniai
Twin cities
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Prenzlau , State of Brandenburg
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Mikołajki (Nikolaiken), Poland
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Nesterow (Stallupönen), Russia , Kaliningrad Oblast
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Skurup , Sweden
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