Širvintos district municipality
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| Širvintų rajono savivaldybė | |||||
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| Location | |||||
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | ||||
| County | Vilnius County | ||||
| General information | |||||
| Capital | Širvintos | ||||
| Major settlements | Širvintos (pop. 7,273) ? | ||||
| Number of elderates | 8 | ||||
| Area (rank) | 906 km² (42nd) | ||||
| Population (rank) | 20,200 (53rd) | ||||
| Pop. density (rank) | 22.3/km² (51st) | ||||
| Telephone code | 382 | ||||
| Official website | http://www.sirvintos.lt | ||||
| Population sizes are given according to the 2001 census data | |||||
| Politics | |||||
| Ruling party | Union of Farmers' Party and New Democracy Party | ||||
| Mayor | Vytas Šimonėlis | ||||
| Size of the council | 25 members | ||||
| Map of Širvintos district municipality | |||||
| Image:Sirvintos district map.png | |||||
Širvintos district municipality (Širvintų rajono savivaldybė) is a municipality in Lithuania, it is in territory of Vilniaus Apskritis and it's capital is Širvintos.
The territory of the municipality is 906 km². Širvintos and 5 small 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 biggest is Alys (1.65 km²) and the deepest is Gelvė (25 m). On the territory of the region are Kernave’s landscape reservation and botanical reserves for growing cranberries in Alionys, Bartkuškis and Lygaraistis, 6 parks and 2 nature monuments (Larch in Staškiūniškiai and the stone with a “devil’s footprint” in Dūdai). Also there are 50 archeological monuments, 16 architectural monuments, 15 historical monuments and 78 art monuments, 18 manor houses with gardens. By the population census of 2001 in the region live 20,207 people: 9,545 men and 10,662 women.
In the towns live 7,273 people, in the villages live 12,934 people.
There are 4,982 people of retirement age: 3,433 women and 1,549 men.
Working people are 11,186.
52% of all working people work in state institutions.
Official Links
Širvintos district municipality official page
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