Counties of Lithuania

The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular apskritis, plural apskritys), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular savivaldybė, plural savivaldybės): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities. Each municipality is then divided into elderates (Lithuanian: singular seniūnija, plural seniūnijos). This division was created in 1994 and slightly modified in 2000.

Until 2010, the counties were administered by county governors (Lithuanian: singular – apskrities viršininkas, plural – apskrities viršininkai) appointed by the central government in Vilnius. Their primary duty was to ensure that the municipalities obey the laws and the Constitution of Lithuania. They did not have great powers vested in them, and so it was suggested that 10 counties are too much for Lithuania as the two smallest counties administer only four municipalities. Therefore, on 1 July 2010, the county administrations were abolished, but the counties themselves are retained for statistical and reporting purposes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Modern apskritys should not be confused with apskritys that existed in the independent Lithuania during the interwar period. At that time Lithuania had a two-tier administrative division: apskritys that were subdivided into valsčiai. Modern apskritys remain only a territorial and statistical unit, while the top-tier administrative division are the municipalities (savivaldybės), followed by elderships (seniūnijos), and sub-elderships in some areas (seniūnaitijos). See subdivisions of Lithuania for details.

Map

This map shows counties as well as municipalities. Eight city municipalities and two municipalities are marked by numbers:

1Template:Spaced ndashVilnius City Municipality 2Template:Spaced ndashKaunas City Municipality 3Template:Spaced ndashKlaipėda City Municipality

4Template:Spaced ndashPanevėžys City Municipality 5Template:Spaced ndashŠiauliai City Municipality 6Template:Spaced ndashAlytus City Municipality

7Template:Spaced ndashBirštonas Municipality 8Template:Spaced ndashPalanga City Municipality 9Template:Spaced ndashVisaginas Municipality 10Template:Spaced ndashNeringa Municipality

List

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1	Alytus County (listen • info) File:LTA Alytaus apskritis COA.svg	Alytus	5,418 (6)	135,367	25	1.6	11,500	1,582	0.841	Alytus Alytus (District) Druskininkai Lazdijai Varėna
2	Kaunas County (listen • info) File:LTU Kauno apskritis COA.svg	Kaunas	8,086 (3)	580,333	70	11.6	20,400	1,930	0.882	Birštonas Jonava Kaišiadorys Kaunas Kaunas (District) Kėdainiai Prienai Raseiniai
3	Klaipėda County (listen • info) File:LTU Klaipėdos apskritis COA.svg	Klaipėda	5,222 (7)	336,104	61	6.0	18,400	1,802	0.876	Klaipėda Klaipėda (District) Kretinga Neringa Palanga Skuodas Šilutė
4	Marijampolė County (listen • info) File:LTA Marijampolės apskritis COA.svg	Marijampolė	4,466 (8)	135,891	31	1.6	11,800	1,575	0.830	Kalvarija Kazlų Rūda Marijampolė Šakiai Vilkaviškis
5	Panevėžys County (listen • info) File:LTU Panevėžio apskritis COA.svg	Panevėžys	7,878 (4)	211,652	27	3.0	14,100	1,638	0.847	Biržai Kupiškis Panevėžys Panevėžys (District) Pasvalys Rokiškis
6	Šiauliai County (listen • info) File:LTU Šiaulių apskritis COA.svg	Šiauliai	8,537 (2)	261,764	31	3.9	15,000	1,649	0.847	Akmenė Joniškis Kelmė Pakruojis Radviliškis Šiauliai Šiauliai (District)
7	Tauragė County (listen • info) File:LTU Tauragės apskritis COA.svg	Tauragė	4,349 (9)	90,652	21	1.1	10,900	1,586	0.817	Jurbarkas Pagėgiai Šilalė Tauragė
8	Telšiai County (listen • info) File:LTU Telšių apskritis COA.svg	Telšiai	4,350 (10)	131,431	30	1.8	13,500	1,724	0.847	Mažeikiai Plungė Rietavas Telšiai
9	Utena County (listen • info) File:LTU Utenos apskritis COA.svg	Utena	7,191 (5)	125,462	18	1.4	11,200	1,548	0.831	Anykščiai Ignalina Molėtai Utena Visaginas Zarasai
10	Vilnius County (listen • info) File:LTU Vilniaus apskritis COA.svg	Vilnius	9,730 (1)	851,346	84	24.2	29,800	2,191	0.913	Elektrėnai Šalčininkai Širvintos Švenčionys Trakai Ukmergė Vilnius Vilnius (District)
	Lithuania	Vilnius	65,300	2,860,000	43	56.2	20,000	1,960	0.875

See also

• Administrative divisions of Lithuania
• Municipalities (Lithuanian: plural – savivaldybės, singular – savivaldybė)
• Elderships (or wards) (Lithuanian: plural – seniūnijos, singular – seniūnija).
• Seniūnaitija (sub-eldership)
• Cities (Lithuanian: plural – miestai, singular – miestas)
• Towns (Lithuanian: plural – miesteliai, singular – miestelis)