Vilnius Rajong Parish
Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė (Vilnius district municipality) |
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district | Vilnius | ||
Coordinates | 54 ° 44 ' N , 25 ° 23' E | ||
Parish seat | Vilnius | ||
Biggest cities / towns |
Nemenčinė - 5885 E. Maišiagala - 1634 E. Mickūnai - 1,500 |
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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
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