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UTC+3 ( EEST) ISO 3166 code. LT-KU. HDI (2021) 0.882 [3] very high · 2nd. Kaunas County ( Lithuanian: Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
GDP. [2] • Metro. €13.7 billion (2022) Time zone. UTC+2 ( EET) Kaunas City (red) and District (orange) Municipalities. The Kaunas urban area (known in Lithuanian as Kauno aglomeracija) is the metropolitan area of Kaunas. The metropolitan area covers two municipalities in the Kaunas County, with a total area of 250 km 2 .
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Nature
The rivers Neman (Lithuanian: Nemunas), Neris, Nevėžis, Jiesia and Dubysa pass through the Kaunas District area. Kaunas Reservoirborders the east side of the district. It also has 7 lakes and 14 ponds in the area. The largest forests are: Dubrava, Padauguva, Varluva, Zapyškis. Girionys Park is home to some rare and exotic plant life. Žalgiris memorial park is located at Cinkiškė village.
Mounds
There are a total of 20nationally recognized mounds located in Kaunas District Municipality area. More notable mounds are: 1. Piepaliai mound 2. Lantainiai mound 3. Bernatoniai mound 4. Pypliai mound 5. Samylai mound 6. Pakalniškiai mound 7. Guogai mound 8. Ringovė mound 9. Jaučakiai mound 10. Altoniškiai mound 11. Jadagoniai mound
Preserves
Kaunas District has a large number of nature reserves. Including: 1. Arlaviškės botanical preserve 2. Dubrava reserve area 3. Kamša botanical-zoological preserve 4. Kaunas Reservoir Regional Park 5. Nevėžis landscape preserve
Kaunas District Municipality consists of: 1. 3 cities - Ežerėlis, Garliava, Vilkija 2. 10 towns - Akademija, Babtai, Čekiškė, Domeikava, Kačerginė, Kulautuva, Garliava, Domeikava and Vandžiogala 3. 370 villages
An ethnic culture and crafts museum can be found in Vilkija, Babtai has a museum of ethnography and in Saliai[lt] there is an underground press museum[lt]. Among other noteworthy places are a racing circuit in Kačerginė called Nemuno žiedas, also a total of 19 surviving manors (the most famous are Raudondvaris, and Babtynas[lt] located in Žemaitkie...
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What makes Kaunas really unique is, however, its heritage from later eras. It is here where the Russian Empire built a 1st class fortress (in 1882 - 1915), its forts, batteries, barracks and redoubts surrounding the entire Kaunas city.
Kaunas. / 54.89722°N 23.88611°E / 54.89722; 23.88611. Kaunas, also known by several other names, is the second biggest city in Lithuania and used to be a temporary capital. [4] Kaunas is found at the point where the two biggest Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the Neris, meet. It is also near the Kaunas Lagoon, the largest body of ...
