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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.

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:

List

#	County (media help)	Capital	Area in km (rank)	Population (2023)	Pop. density (per km)	GDP (nominal) (billion EUR)	GDP (per capita) (EUR)	Average monthly gross salary (EUR)	HDI (2021)	Municipalities
1	Alytus County (listen • info)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	Tauragė	4,349 (9)	90,652	21	1.1	10,900	1,586	0.817	Jurbarkas Pagėgiai Šilalė Tauragė
8	Telšiai County (listen • info)	Telšiai	4,350 (10)	131,431	30	1.8	13,500	1,724	0.847	Mažeikiai Plungė Rietavas Telšiai
9	Utena County (listen • info)	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)	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)

References

1. "Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
2. "Resident population at the beginning of the year". Archived from the original on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
3. "BENDRASIS VIDAUS PRODUKTAS PAGAL APSKRITIS 2021 M." (in Lithuanian). Statistics Lithuania. 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
4. "Darbo užmokestis regionuose, apskrityse ir savivaldybėse". Archived from the original on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
5. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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