Marijampolė Municipality Explained

Marijampolė Municipality
Native Name:Marijampolės savivaldybė
Native Name Lang:lt
Settlement Type:Municipality
Image Map1:MarijampolesSen.png
Map Caption1:Map of Elderships in Marijampolė municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Suvalkija
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Marijampolė County
Parts Style:para
Parts Type:Elderships
P1:6
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Marijampolė
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:755
Area Rank:44th
Population Total:54,846
Population As Of:2021[1]
Population Rank:9th
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Rank:9th
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:343
Image Blank Emblem:Marijampolė logo.png
Blank Emblem Type:Brandmark
Blank Emblem Size:120px
Blank Name Sec1:Major settlements

Marijampolė Municipality (Lithuanian: Marijampolės savivaldybė) is a municipality in Marijampolė County, south-western Lithuania. Its administrative seat and largest town is Marijampolė.

It borders Lazdijai District Municipality and Alytus District Municipality to the south-east, Prienai District Municipality to the east, Vilkaviškis District Municipality to the west, Kazlų Rūda Municipality to the north and Kalvarija Municipality to the south.

Marijampolė Municipality was established in 2000 after the territorial administrative reform, which abolished the Marijampolė District Municipality.

Marijampolė has a City Council with 27 members. The members of the City Council represent different Lithuanian political parties.

The town of Marijampolė and its 6 surrounding elderships make up the territory of Marijampolė Municipality. They are: Gudeliai, Igliauka, Liudvinavas, Marijampolė, Sasnava, and Šunskai communities. Marijampolė Municipality covers 755km² of land; 72% of which is an agricultural area, 12.3% is covered by forests; 4.2%  - towns and villages, 2%  - industrial enterprises and roads, and 6.9%  - area used for other purposes.

Notes and References

  1. https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/9601028/Gyventojai_gyvenamosiose_vietovese.xlsx