| Official Name: | Utena County |
| Native Name: | Utenos apskritis |
| Native Name Lang: | lt |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Iso Code: | LT-UT |
| Parts Type: | Municipalities |
| P1: | Anykščiai district municipality |
| P2: | Ignalina district municipality |
| P3: | Molėtai district municipality |
| P4: | Utena district municipality |
| P5: | Visaginas municipality |
| P6: | Zarasai district municipality |
| Seat Type: | Administrative centre |
| Seat: | Utena |
| Area Total Km2: | 7,191 |
| Area Note: | (11% of the area of Lithuania) |
| Population Total: | 130613 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population As Of: | 2021-10-12 |
| Population Rank: | 8th of 10 (6.0% of the population of Lithuania) |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | €1.7 billion (2022) |
| Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2018) |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0.825[2] · 8th |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Utena County (Lithuanian: Utenos Apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the country's most sparsely populated county. The capital and the largest city in the county is Utena, which is 95km (59miles) from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.[3] Since that date, Utena County remains as the territorial and statistical unit. It borders Latvia.
Utena is one of the oldest settlements in Lithuania and is mentioned in historical chronicles as early as in 1261.
It is divided into six municipalities:
The county has a well-developed network of roads. Main branches of economy are textile, food and timber processing, beer and wine production, power engineering.
Utena County is the second most popular tourism destination in Lithuania (after the seaside). Approximately 31% of territory is covered with forests. There are 1002 lakes in the county. They are connected by rivers and provide good opportunities for water tourism. One of the biggest tourism attractions is Aukštaitija National Park. In addition, the county has six other regional parks. There are a number of unique places of interest that can be found only in Utena county, e.g., Asveja, the longest lake in Lithuania and Lake Tauragnas, the deepest one; Horse Museum, Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping, Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology, narrow gauge railway, a burial mound exposition, an exhibition of stone dust pictures.