Širvintos District Municipality Explained

Širvintos District Municipality
Native Name:Širvintų rajono savivaldybė
Native Name Lang:lt
Settlement Type:Municipality
Image Map1:SirvintuRajonoSeniunija.png
Map Caption1:Map of municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Aukštaitija
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Vilnius County
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Širvintos
Parts Type:Elderships
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:906
Population Total:15,023
Population As Of:2021[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Blank Name Sec1:Major settlements

Širvintos District Municipality (Lithuanian: Širvintų rajono savivaldybė) is a municipality in Lithuania, it is in territory of Vilnius County and its capital is Širvintos.

Geography

The territory of the municipality is 906 km². Širvintos City, 5 towns – Bagaslaviškis, Čiobiškis, Gelvonai, Kernavė, Musninkai and 485 villages are in the municipality. Forests occupy 27.7% of the whole region’s territory.

The biggest rivers of the region are Neris, Širvinta and Musė. There are 28 lakes; the largest of them is Alys, which covers 1.65km2, and the deepest is Gelvė, which is 25m (82feet) deep.

Heritage

In the territory of the region are Kernavė’s Historical Reservation, botanical reserves for growing cranberries in Alionys, Bartkuškis (there's an old castle) and Lygaraistis, 6 parks and 2 nature monuments (Staškiūniškiai Larch and the stone with a “devil’s footprint” in Dūdai). Also there are 50 archaeological monuments, 16 architectural monuments, 15 historical monuments and 78 art monuments, 18 manor houses with parks.

Population

According to the population census of 2001, 20,207 people live in the region: 9,545 men and 10,662 women. 7,273 people live in towns and 12,934 people live in villages. About 10% (2,019 people) declared Polish nationality.[2]

There are 4,982 people of retirement age: 3,433 women and 1,549 men. 11,186 people are employed. 52% of all working people work in state institutions.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/9601028/Gyventojai_gyvenamosiose_vietovese.xlsx
  2. http://www.wspolnota-polska.org.pl/index.php?id=pwko94 Świat Polonii - Stowarzyszenie Wspólnota Polska - Polonia i Polacy