Raseiniai Rajong Parish
Raseinių rajono savivaldybė (Raseiniai Rajong Parish) |
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district | Kaunas | ||
Coordinates | 55 ° 23 ' N , 23 ° 9' E | ||
Parish seat | Raseiniai | ||
Number of cities | 2 | ||
Number of towns | 7th | ||
Number of villages | 590 | ||
Districts | 12 | ||
Residents | 40,656 | ||
surface | 1573 km² | ||
Population density | 25.8 inhabitants / km² | ||
prefix | +370 428 | ||
Ruling party | Tvarka ir Teisingumas | ||
mayor | Algirdas Gricius (* 1954), since 2015 | ||
ISO 3166-2 | LT-38 | ||
http://www.raseiniai.lt/ |
The raseiniai district municipality ( Raseinių rajono savivaldybė ) is a Rajongemeinde in northeast Lithuania , in Kaunas district . The community has a little over 40,000 inhabitants.
With Šiluva, a well-known Catholic pilgrimage site , which Pope John Paul II also visited in 1993, is located in the Rajongemeinde. The basis is the (officially recognized) appearance of the Virgin Mary on a stone in 1608. A chapel was built around this stone, undoubtedly a former pagan place of worship. The indulgence fair with several thousand visitors takes place annually in September.
The rajong municipality is traversed by the Dubysa , one of the most beautiful natural rivers in Lithuania. A regional park was established here. The Dubysa is spanned by a railway bridge at Lyduvėnai , which is the longest bridge in Lithuania at 599 m.
In addition to agriculture and forestry, textile companies and the food industry are economically relevant.
places
The Rajongemeinde ( Pagojukų rajono savivaldybė ) comprises:
- 2 cities
- Raseiniai - 12665/1193
- Ariogala - 3697
- 7 towns ( miesteliai ):
- Betygala - 559
- Girkalnis - 997
- Lyduvėnai
- Nemakščiai - 905
- Šiluva - 800
- Viduklė - 1911
- Žaiginys
- 590 villages including:
- Norgėlai - 744
- Paliepiai - 518
- Gyliai - 509
Districts
The municipality is divided into 12 administrative districts ( seniūnijos ):
- Ariogala city
- Ariogala
- Betygala
- Girkalnis
- Kalnujai
- Nemakščiai
- Pagojukai (seat in Kaulakiai)
- Paliepiai (seat in Sujainiai)
- Raseiniai city
- Raseiniai
- Šiluvos seniūnija (Šiluva)
- Viduklės seniūnija (Viduklė)
mayor
- 1995: Jonas Žukauskas
- 1997: Rimas Stankūnas
- 2000: Jonas Elzbergas
- 2003: Edmundas Jonyla
- 2007: Kęstutis Skamarakas
- 2008–2010: Petras Vežbavičius (* 1950), TT
- 2012–2015: Algimantas Mielinis (* 1962), TT
- since 2015: Algirdas Gricius (* 1954), TT