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Vilnius District Municipality (Lithuanian: Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital city of Vilnius on 3 sides, while the rest borders the Trakai District Municipality.

Vilnius District Municipality Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Vilnius district municipality
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Dzūkija/Aukštaitija
County	Vilnius County
Capital	Vilnius
Elderships	List Avižieniai Bezdonys Buivydžiai Dūkštos Juodšiliai Kalveliai Lavoriškės Maišiagala Marijampolis Medininkai Mickūnai Nemenčinė (city) Nemenčinė (rural) Nemėžis Paberžė Pagiriai (Vilnius) Riešė Rudamina Rukainiai Sudervė Sužionys Vėliučionys Zujūnai
Government
• Mayor	Marija Rekst (Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania)
Area
• Total	2,129 km2 (822 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	108,948
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.vrsa.lt

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.[1]

In 2021, according to the census results, ethnographic composition was the following: Lithuanians – 38.52%, Lithuanian Poles – 46.75%, Lithuanian Russians – 7.35%, Lithuanian Belarusians – 3.26%, Ukrainians – 0.63%, Other – 0.86% and 2.64% of inhabitants did not declare their ethnographic identity.[2]

The population grew to 108,948 in January 2022[3] because of migration of Vilnius citizens to the suburbs.

History

Vilnius district municipality is situated in the territory once settled by the Baltic East Lithuanian Barrow Culture (c. 3/4th–11/12th century AD), 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 Neris land. 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.[4] 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.[5] 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 Vilnius Duchy 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 powiat (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.[6] Almost all of the municipality belongs to the Vilnius urban belt, forming suburban environs of the capital city.[7]

Elderships

The municipality is divided into 23 elderships:

#	Eldership	Coat of Arms	Administrative center	Area in km²[8]	Population (2019)[9]	Density per km²
1	Avižieniai Eldership	-	Avižieniai	52.08	11,598	223
2	Bezdonys Eldership	-	Bezdonys	121.42	2,886	24
3	Buivydžiai Eldership		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		Maišiagala	99.9	2,872	29
9	Marijampolis Eldership	-	Marijampolis	121.88	3,553	29
10	Medininkai Eldership		Medininkai	64.24	1,068	17
11	Mickūnai Eldership		Mickūnai	93.56	5,583	60
12	Nemenčinė Eldership	-	Nemenčinė	147.23	3,728	25
13	Nemenčinė City Eldership		Nemenčinė	3.98	4,886	1228
14	Nemėžis Eldership		Nemėžis	39.76	9,062	228
15	Paberžė Eldership		Paberžė	208.81	3,407	16
16	Pagiriai Eldership	-	Pagiriai	89.39	7,202	81
17	Riešė Eldership		Didžioji Riešė	103.76	6,498	63
18	Rudamina Eldership		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

District structure.[10]

• 1 city – Nemenčinė;
• 4 small towns – Bezdonys, Maišiagala, Mickūnai, Šumskas
• 1091 villages.

Largest residential areas by population (2011[11]):

• Nemenčinė – 5,054
• Skaidiškės – 4,133
• Rudamina (Vilnius) – 3,981
• Pagiriai (Vilnius) – 3,451
• Didžioji Riešė – 2,520
• Nemėžis – 2,498
• Avižieniai – 2,125
• Valčiūnai – 1,874
• Juodšiliai – 1,744
• Zujūnai – 1,660
• Maišiagala – 1,636
• Kalveliai – 1,592
• Galgiai – 1,426
• Mickūnai – 1,389
• Grigaičiai – 1,325
• Buivydiškės – 1,314
• Vaidotai – 1,287
• Riešė – 1,234
• Gineitiškės – 1,093
• Kalviškės – 974
• Bukiškis – 922
• Paberžė – 919
• Šumskas – 919
• Marijampolis – 870
• Rukainiai – 770
• Bendoriai – 764
• Bezdonys – 743
• Didžiosios Kabiškės – 716
• Mostiškės – 631
• Lavoriškės – 621
• Anavilis – 574
• Rastinėnai – 556
• Glitiškės – 549
• Sudervė – 523
• Vėliučionys – 516
• Medininkai – 493
• Keturiasdešimt Totorių – 451

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Vilnius District Municipality is twinned with:

• Radom, Poland[12]

Gallery

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  Neris river outcrop near Airėnai village
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  Sacred Daubos Oak in Neris Regional Park
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  Swamp near Šilėnai
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  Buivydai hillfort
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  Ilgutis lake near Keturiasdešimt Totorių
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  Stones "Three Brothers" near Sudervė
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  Medininkai Castle
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  Catholic church in Paberžė
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  Wooden Old Believers church in Žemaitėliai
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  Orthodox church in Geisiškės village
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  Wooden mosque in Keturiasdešimt Totorių
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  Tower chapel in Sudervė
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  Road near Marijampolis
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  Geographical Center of Europe
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  Stone sculptures in Vilnoja lake near Sudervė
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  Liubavas mill-museum
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  Museum of Władysław Syrokomla in Bareikiškės
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  Road near Lavoriškės

References

На других языках

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- [en] Vilnius District Municipality

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[ru] Вильнюсский район

Ви́льнюсский райо́н[1] (Вильнюсское районное самоуправление; лит. Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė) — муниципальное образование в Вильнюсском уезде на юго-востоке Литвы.

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