Lazdijai
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State : | Lithuania | |
District : | Alytus | |
Rajong municipality : | Lazdijai | |
Coordinates : | 54 ° 14 ′ N , 23 ° 21 ′ E | |
Area (place) : | 5 km² | |
Community area : | 1,309 km² | |
Inhabitants (place) : | 4,811 (2008) | |
Population density : | 962 inhabitants per km² | |
Inhabitant (municipality) : | 25,234 | |
Population density : | 19 inhabitants per km² | |
Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | |
Telephone code : | (+370) 318 | |
Postal code : | 67001 | |
Status: | Rajong Parish | |
Structure : | 1 city office (core city), 1 additional city office, 12 additional districts |
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Mayor : | Vaida Gazdziauskienė |
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Rajongemeinde in Alytus in the historical region Dzūkija in southern Lithuania . Within the Rajongemeinde Lazdijai forms its own urban district ( miesto seniūnija ). Lake Galadusys lies on the border with Poland . The municipality has an area of 1309.39 km² and has 27,000 inhabitants. The urban area covers 4.18 km².
Lazdijai (German Lasdien , Polish Łoździeje ) is a city and seat of the same nameplaces
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The Rajonggemeinde Lazdijai includes
- two cities ( miestai ):
- Lazdijai - 5140
- Veisiejai - 1762
- six towns ( miesteliai ):
- Kapčiamiestis - 691
- Krosna - 401
- Rudamina
- Seirijai - 933
- Šeštokai - 755
- Šventežeris
- and 350 villages ( kaimai ), including:
- Kailiniai - 505
- Lazdijų kaimas (Lazdijai Village) - 493
- Teizai - 341
- Verstaminai - 310
- Liškiava - 35
Administrative division
Lazdijai is divided into 14 offices ( seniūnijos ). Unless otherwise stated, the named place is also the official seat:
- Būdviečio seniūnija (official seat of Aštrioji Kirsna )
- Kapčiamiestis
- Krosna
- Kučiūnai
- Lazdijai land
- Lazdijai city
- Noragėliai
- Seirijai
- Šeštokai
- Šlavantų seniūnija ( Avižieniai official seat )
- Šventežeris
- Teizai
- Veisiejai land
- Veisiejai city
Partner communities
- Łuków , Poland
Personalities
- Joseph Achron (1886–1943), American composer and violinist
- Zenonas Rokus Rudzikas (1940–2011), physicist and President of the Lithuanian Science Academy
- Gytis Andrulionis (* 1978), lawyer, Deputy Minister of Justice of Lithuania