Ukmergė District Municipality Explained

Ukmergė District Municipality
Native Name:Ukmergės rajono savivaldybė
Native Name Lang:lt
Settlement Type:Municipality
Image Map1:UkmergesRajonoSeniunijos.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:Ukmergė
Parts Type:Elderships
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1395
Population Total:34,553
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
Blank Info Sec1:Ukmergė (pop. 20,154)

The Ukmergė District Municipality is a municipality in Vilnius County, Lithuania. The capital of the municipality is Ukmergė, the largest settlement and only city in the municipality. The entire municipality belongs to Aukštaitija ethnographic region.

Settlements

There are 10 towns in Ukmergė municipality: Deltuva, Lyduokiai, Pabaiskas, Siesikai, Šešuoliai, Taujėnai, Vepriai, Vidiškiai, Želva and Žemaitkiemis. Ukmergė municipality shares the second place in Lithuania (with Radviliškis District Municipality) according to the number of towns. There are 612 villages in the municipality, of which 234 are full parishes.

Vepriai is the most populous town in the municipality and is a local tourism (notably rural tourism) center. Siesikai is best known for the 16th century Renaissance Siesikai (Daumantai) Castle near Siesikai Lake. Deltuva has been the centre of the important Deltuva Land at the emergence of the centralised Lithuanian State. The ruins of one of the first Calvinist churches in Lithuania (17th century, Renaissance style) are near Deltuva. Pabaiskas was established near the location where the Battle of Wiłkomierz between the armies led by Žygimantas Kęstutaitis and Švitrigaila took place on 1 September 1435.

The first president of the independent Lithuanian state Antanas Smetona was born in Užulėnis, now Ukmergė District.

Geography

The eastern part of the municipality belongs to Aukštaitian Highlands and the north-western part is in Middle Lithuanian Lowlands.

Šventoji River is the largest river in the municipality and Širvinta River is the second. The other rivers are Siesartis, Mūša and Armona. Lake Lėnas is the largest lake (2.65 km²) and Lake Žirnajai is the deepest (average of 9.8 meters).

Woodlands cover about 29 percent of the district, swamps occupy 2.3 percent and 54.5 percent is an arable land.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/9601028/Gyventojai_gyvenamosiose_vietovese.xlsxcensus Census data
  2. http://www.ukmerge.lt/EasyAdmin/sys/files/Esamu%20turizmo_1.doc