Alytus County Explained

Official Name:Alytus county
Native Name:Alytaus apskritis
Native Name Lang:lt
Settlement Type:County
Coordinates:= 54.3869°N 24.0433°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Iso Code:LT-AL
Parts Type:Municipalities
P1:Alytus city municipality
P2:Alytus district municipality
P3:Druskininkai municipality
P4:Lazdijai district municipality
P5:Varėna district municipality
Seat Type:Administrative centre
Seat:Alytus
Area Total Km2:5,418
Area Note:(8.3% of the area of Lithuania)
Population Total:134070
Population Density Km2:auto
Population As Of:2020-01-01
Population Rank:7th of 10 (5.2% of the population of Lithuania)
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:[1]
Demographics2 Title1:Total
Demographics2 Info1:€1.8 billion (2022)
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2021)
Blank Info Sec2:0.841[2]
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Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Alytus County (Lithuanian: Alytaus apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the southernmost county, and its capital is the city of Alytus. Its territory lies within the ethnographic region of Dzūkija. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished,[3] and since that date, Alytus County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.

It borders the Vilnius County in the east, Marijampolė County and Kaunas County in the north, Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland in the west, and Grodno Region of Belarus in the south.

Municipalities

Alytus County has 5 constituent municipalities:

Geography

The town of Druskininkai, a spa visited for its healing waters, is located in Alytus County, as is Grūtas Park, also known as Stalin World, a Soviet theme park. There are more than 420 lakes in Alytus County.

Cities

  1. Alytus
  2. Druskininkai
  3. Varėna
  4. Lazdijai
  5. Simnas
  6. Veisiejai
  7. Daugai

Population by municipality

2011 Census[4]
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Curiosities

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BENDRASIS VIDAUS PRODUKTAS PAGAL APSKRITIS 2022 M.. osp.stat.gov.lt.
  2. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.
  3. Web site: Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo. Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. 21 August 2011.
  4. Web site: Population by locality . . 2011 Population and Housing Census . Statistics Lithuania . 10 September 2013 . ward (seniūnija) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130922204407/http://web.stat.gov.lt/uploads/docs/Population_by_locality.xls . 22 September 2013 .