Vilnius Rajong Parish

Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė (Vilnius district municipality)
district	Vilnius
Coordinates	54 ° 44 '  N , 25 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 44 '  N , 25 ° 23'  E
Parish seat	Vilnius
Biggest cities / towns	Nemenčinė - 5885 E. Maišiagala - 1634 E. Mickūnai - 1,500
Number of cities	1
Number of towns	4th
Number of villages	1091
Residents	96,484
surface	2129 km²
Population density	45
Ruling party	Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija
mayor	Marija Rekst
Size of the parish council	27 seats
ISO 3166-2	LT-58
www.vilniaus-r.lt

The district municipality of Vilnius ( Lithuanian Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė ) is one of the largest among the 60 self-governing municipalities in Lithuania . It encloses the municipality of Vilnius and thus the Lithuanian capital to more than 4/5.

population

96,484 people live in an area of ​​2129.15 km². Between the world wars the area belonged to Poland. Even today, the Polish minority in Lithuania makes up the majority of the population in the region. In 2002, 61.3% of the then 90,000 inhabitants stated Polish as their nationality, compared to only 22.4% who identified themselves as Lithuanians. Other minorities in the region are Russians (8.4%), Belarusians (4.4%) and Ukrainians (3.5%).

Localities

- separated by dashes: population figures 2005 -

• 1 city ( Nemenčinė ) - 5885
• 4 towns:
  • Bezdonys - 857
  • Maišiagala - 1634
  • Mickūnai - 1500
  • Šumskas - 998
• 1091 villages
• several individual farms

Administrative division

Districts of the Vilnius Rajong Municipality

orange = Vilnius municipality
green = Vilnius district municipality

The district municipality of Vilnius is divided into 23 seniūnijas (administrative districts), the municipal office of Nemenčinė and 22 regional offices:

- separated by dashes: population figures 2005 and nationality ratio 2001 -

• Avižieniai - 5119 - 46% Lithuanian, 42% Polish
• Bezdonys - 2282 - 15% Lithuanian, 65% Polish
• Buivydžiai - 1097 - 4% Lithuanian, 87% Polish
• Dūkštos - 1870 - 10% Lithuanian, 73% Polish
• Juodšiliai - 5300 - 24% Lithuanians, 54% Poles
• Kalveliai - 5200 - 5% Lithuanian, 63% Polish
• Lavoriškės - 2597 - 4% Lithuanian, 83% Polish
• Maišiagala - 3150 - 26% Lithuanians, 60% Poles
• Marijampolis - 4500 - 9% Lithuanians, 54% Poles (not to be confused with the Marijampolė region )
• Medininkai - 1477 - 3% Lithuanian, 93% Polish
• Mickūnai - 5070 - 22% Lithuanian, 61% Polish
• Nemenčinė land - 4049
• City of Nemenčinė - 5885 - 24% Lithuanian, 56% Polish
• Nemėžis - 22% Lithuanians, 45% Poles, 20% Belarusians
• Paberžė - 4060 - 15% Lithuanian, 66% Polish
• Pagiriai - 9773 - 26% Lithuanian, 40% Polish
• Riešė - 4650 - 21% Lithuanian, 65% Poland (based in Didžioji Riešė)
• Rudamina - 6240 - 30% Lithuanian, 57% Polish
• Rukainiai - 3285 - 2% Lithuanian, 92% Polish
• Sudervė - 2500 - 8% Lithuanian, 89% Polish
• Sužionys - 2320 - 9% Lithuanians, 83% Poles
• Šatrininkų - (seat in Vėliučionys )
• Zujūnai - 8970 - 40% Lithuanians, 52% Poles

See also

• Administrative division of Lithuania

Web links

Commons : Vilnius District Municipality  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Vilnius Rajong Municipality