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Vilnius County. Vilnius County ( Lithuanian: Vilniaus apskritis) is the largest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius and is also known as Capital Region or Sostinės regionas by the Lithuanian statistics department and Eurostat. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, [3 ...
- Demographic history of the Vilnius region - Wikipedia
hide. The city of Vilnius, now the capital of Lithuania, and...
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Vilnius is notable for the architecture of its Old Town,...
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UTC+3 ( EEST) ISO 3166 code. LT-VL. Vilnius County is one of...
- Demographic history of the Vilnius region - Wikipedia
Vilnius is notable for the architecture of its Old Town, considered one of the largest and best-preserved old towns of Europe. Vilnius was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The architectural style known as Vilnian Baroque is named after the city, which is the easternmost Baroque city and the largest north of the Alps.
Vilnius Region [a] is the territory in present-day Lithuania and Belarus that was originally inhabited by ethnic Baltic tribes and was a part of Lithuania proper, but came under East Slavic and Polish cultural influences over time. The territory included Vilnius, the historical capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
UTC+3 ( EEST) ISO 3166 code. LT-VL. Vilnius County is one of 10 counties in Lithuania. The capital city is Vilnius. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was ended. [2]
hide. The city of Vilnius, now the capital of Lithuania, and its surrounding region has been under various states. The Vilnius Region has been part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the Lithuanian state's founding in the late Middle Ages to its destruction in 1795, i.e. five centuries. From then, the region was occupied by the Russian Empire ...
Švenčionys ( pronunciation ⓘ; German: Schwintzen; known also by several alternative names) is 84 kilometers (52 mi) north of Vilnius in Lithuania. It is the capital of the Švenčionys district municipality. As of 2020, it had a population of 4,065 of which about 17% were part of the Polish minority in Lithuania. [1]
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The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular apskritis, plural apskritys).They all have the same name as after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular savivaldybė, plural savivaldybės): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities.
