Vilnius District Municipality

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Vilnius District Municipality (Template:Langx) is one of the 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital city of Vilnius on three sides. The municipality is also bordered by Trakai district and Elektrėnai municipality in the west, Astravyets and Ashmyany districts of Belarus in the east, Širvintos, Molėtai and Švenčionys districts in the north and Šalčininkai district in the south.

The population of the district is one of the fastest growing in Lithuania because of the migration of Vilnius' inhabitants to the suburbs. It stood at 116,584 in January 2024,[1] up from 84 thousand in the early 1990s, meaning an increase by more than a third in less than 30 years.

History

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Tumuli of Karmazinai
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Neris Regional Park

Vilnius district municipality is situated in the territory once settled by the Baltic Template:Ill (c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".), and numerous archaeological sites from this period are situated within its borders. During the formation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the major part of what is now Vilnius district municipality was the nucleus of the Duchy of Lithuania, while the territory to the north of Maišiagala belonged to the Template:Ill. There is some evidence that Bukiškis just north of Vilnius whose historic name was Gedvydžiai could be associated with Duke Gedvydas and through this link – with Mindaugas.[2] According to Jan Długosz, the pagan ruler of Lithuania Algirdas was cremated in the sacred forest of Kukaveitis near Maišiagala after his death in Maišiagala castle in 1377.[3] Nemenčinė (1338), Maišiagala (1254, 1365) and Medininkai (1387), known from written sources from the 13th-14th centuries, were among the oldest settlements in Lithuania. These were trade and defense centers with castles as well as religious centers – after the Christianization of Lithuania, early churches were built here. As Vilnius was the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the territory around the city was forming the very center of the state, so-called Lithuania proper. It was the major part of a much larger Template:Ill and later – Vilnius Voivodeship. After the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Vilna Governorate was formed and Vilensky Uyezd occupied all of what is now Vilnius district municipality. When Vilnius and its suburbs in 1923 were incorporated into Interwar Poland, what is now Vilnius district municipality was the core of Wilno-Troki County. After World War II, Vilnius district municipality was formed. The initially small Vilnius district (938 km2) was soon significantly enlarged, absorbing Naujoji Vilnia district (in 1959) and Nemenčinė district (in 1962) and parts of Ukmergė district, but transferring some smaller administrative territories to Molėtai district and Švenčionys district, including Pabradė (in 1962). After 1962 (then 2313 km2), there were only minor administrative reforms, attaching some territories from Vilnius district municipality (now 2129 km2) to Vilnius city. In March 1987, the villages of Pašilaičiai, Fabijoniškės, Kelmija, Raisteliai and parts of the villages of Pavilionys, Baltoji Vokė, Prašiškės, Bajorai, Buivydiškės, Grigaičiai and Vanaginė were attached to Vilnius city.[4] Almost all of the municipality belongs to the Vilnius urban belt, forming suburban environs of the capital city.[5]

Some projects, that may have been changed the district radically were not implemented.

During the interwar period, hydropower plant was started to be built in 1938 only to be abandoned in 1940. The reservoir between Turniškės and Nemenčinė was not created. During the 70s, a plan to build a pumped storage plant in Sudervė was too dropped off and such a plant was built in Kruonis instead.

Demographics

The district has significant Polish minority population in Lithuania, with 46% of the population claiming Polish ethnicity.[6] But the number has been dwindling from more than 80% in the late 1980s because of suburbanisation, age structure (younger newcomer inhabitants are mostly Lithuanians, while older population in villages are mostly Poles) and acculturation.

At the 2011 Census, Poles amounted to 52.07% out of 95,348 inhabitants. 32.47% were Lithuanians, 8.01% Russians, 4.17% Belarusians, 0.65% Ukrainians and 0.11% Jews.[7]

In 2021, according to the census results, ethnographic composition was the following: Poles – 46.75%, Lithuanians – 38.52%, Russians – 7.35%, Belarusians – 3.26%, Ukrainians – 0.63%, Other – 0.86% and 2.64% of inhabitants did not declare their ethnographic identity.[8]

Elderships

The municipality is divided into 23 elderships:

# Eldership Coat of Arms Administrative

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Area
in km2[9]		 Population
(2019)[10]		 Density
per km2
1 Avižieniai Eldership - Avižieniai 52.08 11,598 223
2 Bezdonys Eldership - Bezdonys 121.42 2,886 24
3 Buivydžiai Eldership File:Buivydziuherbas.png Buivydžiai 98.03 908 9
4 Dūkštos Eldership – Dūkštos 89.66 1,930 22
5 Juodšiliai Eldership – Juodšiliai 23.63 4,671 198
6 Kalveliai Eldership – Kalveliai 119.91 4,170 35
7 Lavoriškės Eldership – Lavoriškės 121.62 2,277 19
8 Maišiagala Eldership File:Maišiagala COA.gif Maišiagala 99.9 2,872 29
9 Marijampolis Eldership – Marijampolis 121.88 3,553 29
10 Medininkai Eldership File:Medininkuherbas.PNG Medininkai 64.24 1,068 17
11 Mickūnai Eldership File:Mickunuherbas.png Mickūnai 93.56 5,583 60
12 Nemenčinė Eldership – Nemenčinė 147.23 3,728 25
13 Nemenčinė City Eldership File:Nemenčinė COA.svg Nemenčinė 3.98 4,886 1228
14 Nemėžis Eldership File:Nemėžio herbas.png Nemėžis 39.76 9,062 228
15 Paberžė Eldership File:Paberzesherbas.png Paberžė 208.81 3,407 16
16 Pagiriai Eldership – Pagiriai 89.39 7,202 81
17 Riešė Eldership File:Coat of arms of Riešė Eldership and Didžioji Riešė.jpg Didžioji Riešė 103.76 6,498 63
18 Rudamina Eldership File:Rudamina Coat of Arms.jpg Rudamina 52.49 5,886 112
19 Rukainiai Eldership – Rukainiai 141.21 2,648 19
20 Sudervė Eldership – Sudervė 71.29 2,871 40
21 Sužionys Eldership – Sužionys 164.42 1,791 11
22 Šatrininkai Eldership – Vėliučionys 35.40 2,966 84
23 Zujūnai Eldership – Zujūnai 65.44 7,467 114

Structure

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New Klevinė settlement in Vilnius district municipality. Because of recent urban sprawl, such new fast-growing quarters surround Vilnius city
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Riešė village in Vilnius district municipality. One of the fastest growing localities in the vicinity of the capital.
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Neoclassical Maišiagala manor, Vilnius district municipality.
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Baroque Liubavas manor buildings in Riešė elderate, Vilnius district municipality.
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Interior of early XIX c. Sudervė church, which belongs to a rare in Lithuania rotonda type building
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Neogothic Catholic church in Lavoriškės, Vilnius district municipality.
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Statue of Saint Anthony of Padua atop obelisk in Maišiagala, historic town of Vilnius district municipality. The town's coat of arms also depicts Anthony of Padua.

District structure.[11]

Largest residential areas by population (2011[12] or 2021 – if specified):

International relations

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Twin towns – Sister cities

Vilnius District Municipality is twinned with:

Gallery

References

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  1. ↑ 2024 01 01 Gyventoju skaičius pagal savivaldybes
  2. ↑ „Būtovės slėpiniai: Kernavė ar Vilnius?“
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  4. ↑ Visuotinio 1989 m. gyventojų surašymo duomenys, Vilnius, 1993
  5. ↑ THE METROPOLITAN REGIONS OF LITHUANIA. RESIDENTIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN THE XXI CENTURY
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  8. ↑ [Apie rajoną. Teritorija ir gyventojai https://www.vrsa.lt/apie-rajona/teritorija-ir-gyventojai/5]
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