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In Lithuania there are 103 cities (in Lithuanian: singular - miestas, plural miestai). The term city is defined by the Parliament of Lithuania as compact areas populated by more than 3,000 people of whom at least two thirds work in the industry or service sector. Those settlements which have a population of less than 3,000 but historically had city status are still considered to be cities. Smaller settlements are called miestelis (plural miesteliai) which is translated as towns. Even smaller settlements (villages) are called kaimas (plural kaimai). Often the official status is not clear and people refer to both towns and villages as gyvenvietė (plural gyvenvietės) which in essence means settlement.

The cities started to form in the 13th-14th century together with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The first city to receive city rights was Klaipėda. According to medieval law, a city could have its own fairs, taverns, guilds, courts, etc. Some former cities lost their status are now just towns or villages, for example Kernavė or Merkinė. Most of the cities in Lithuania are old, established before the 18th century. Their location is mostly determined by trade and transportation routes. Some of the newer cities grew because of railroad construction, for example Ignalina or Mažeikiai. In the last century cities grew new to big industry centers, for example Visaginas or Naujoji Akmenė. Four cities (Birštonas, Druskininkai, Neringa, Palanga) have a special resort status.

Most of the cities are small. There are only 19 cities with population of more than 20,000. Cities are quite evenly spread out through the territory of Lithuania. This forms a good network to support economic development throughout the country. About 66.7% (as of 2001 census) of the population live in cities and the percentage is growing.

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# City Pronunciation
(audio help) 		Population (2001) Population (2005) Granted city rights County Municipality
1 20px Vilnius Listen • Info 554,281 540,318 1387 Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality
2 20px Kaunas Listen • Info 378,943 361,274 1408 Kaunas County Kaunas city municipality
3 20px Klaipėda Listen • Info 192,954 187,442 1257 Klaipėda County Klaipėda city municipality
4 20px Šiauliai Listen • Info 133,883 129,075 1589 Šiauliai County Šiauliai city municipality
5 20px Panevėžys Listen • Info 119,749 115,604 1837 Panevėžys County Panevėžys city municipality
6 20px Alytus Listen • Info 71,491 69,481 1581 Alytus County Alytus city municipality
7 20px Marijampolė Listen • Info 48,675 47,693 1792 Marijampolė County Marijampolė municipality
8 20px Mažeikiai Listen • Info 42,675 41,389 1924 Telšiai County Mažeikiai district municipality
9 20px Jonava Listen • Info 34,954 34,782 1864 Kaunas County Jonava district municipality
10 20px Utena Listen • Info 33,860 33,086 1924 Utena County Utena district municipality
11 20px Kėdainiai Listen • Info 32,048 31,613 1590 Kaunas County Kėdainiai district municipality
12 20px Telšiai Listen • Info 31,460 30,539 1791 Telšiai County Telšiai district municipality
13 20px Visaginas Listen • Info 29,554 28,438 1977 Utena County Visaginas city municipality
14 20px Tauragė Listen • Info 29,124 28,504 1924 Tauragė County Tauragė district municipality
15 20px Ukmergė Listen • Info 28,759 28,006 1486 Vilnius County Ukmergė district municipality
16 20px Plungė Listen • Info 23,436 23,246 1792 Telšiai County Plungė district municipality
17 20px Šilutė Listen • Info 21,476 21,258 1941 Klaipėda County Šilutė district municipality
18 20px Kretinga Listen • Info 21,423 21,425 1609 Klaipėda County Kretinga district municipality
19 20px Radviliškis Listen • Info 20,339 19,883 1923 Šiauliai County Radviliškis district municipality
20 20px Druskininkai Listen • Info 18,233 16,890 1893 Alytus County Druskininkai municipality
21 20px Palanga Listen • Info 17,623 17,611 1791 Klaipėda County Palanga city municipality
22 20px Rokiškis Listen • Info 16,746 16,118 1920 Panevėžys County Rokiškis district municipality
23 20px Biržai Listen • Info 15,262 14,999 1589 Panevėžys County Biržai district municipality
24 Image:Gargzdai COA.gif Gargždai Listen • Info 15,212 15,510 1792 Klaipėda County Klaipėda district municipality
25 20px Kuršėnai Listen • Info 14,197 13,854 1946 Šiauliai County Šiauliai district municipality
26 20px Elektrėnai Listen • Info 14,050 13,819 1962 Vilnius County Elektrėnai municipality
27 20px Jurbarkas Listen • Info 13,797 13,625 1611 Tauragė County Jurbarkas district municipality
28 20px Garliava Listen • Info 13,322 13,423 1958 Kaunas County Kaunas district municipality
29 20px Vilkaviškis Listen • Info 13,283 13,102 1660 Marijampolė County Vilkaviškis district municipality
30 20px Raseiniai Listen • Info 12,541 12,305 1492–1506 Kaunas County Raseiniai district municipality
31 Image:Naujoji Akmene COA.gif Naujoji Akmenė Listen • Info 12,345 11,748 1792 Šiauliai County Akmenė district municipality
32 20px Anykščiai Listen • Info 11,958 11,757 1516 Utena County Anykščiai district municipality
33 20px Lentvaris Listen • Info 11,773 11,832 1946 Vilnius County Trakai district municipality
34 20px Grigiškės Listen • Info 11,448 11,566 1958 Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality
35 20px Prienai Listen • Info 11,353 11,131 1609 Kaunas County Prienai district municipality
36 20px Joniškis Listen • Info 11,329 11,129 1616 Šiauliai County Joniškis district municipality
37 20px Kelmė Listen • Info 10,900 10,597 1947 Šiauliai County Kelmė district municipality
38 20px Varėna Listen • Info 10,845 10,555 1946 Alytus County Varėna district municipality
39 20px Kaišiadorys Listen • Info 10,002 9,734 1946 Kaunas County Kaišiadorys district municipality
40 20px Pasvalys Listen • Info 8,709 8,562 1946 Panevėžys County Pasvalys district municipality
41 20px Kupiškis Listen • Info 8,451 8,243 1791 Panevėžys County Kupiškis district municipality
42 20px Zarasai Listen • Info 8,365 8,001 1843 Utena County Zarasai district municipality
43 20px Skuodas Listen • Info 7,896 7,598 1572 Klaipėda County Skuodas district municipality
44 20px Kazlų Rūda Listen • Info 7,401 7,330 1950 Marijampolė County Kazlų Rūda municipality
45 20px Širvintos Listen • Info 7,273 7,176 1950 Vilnius County Širvintos district municipality
46 20px Molėtai Listen • Info 7,221 7,059 1956 Utena County Molėtai district municipality
47 20px Švenčionėliai Listen • Info 6,923 6,585 1920 Vilnius County Švenčionys district municipality
48 20px Šakiai Listen • Info 6,795 6,605 1776 Marijampolė County Šakiai district municipality
49 20px Šalčininkai Listen • Info 6,722 6,644 1956 Vilnius County Šalčininkai district municipality
50 20px Ignalina Listen • Info 6,591 6,307 1950 Utena County Ignalina district municipality
51 Image:Kybartai COA.gif Kybartai Listen • Info 6,556 6,395 1947 Marijampolė County Vilkaviškis district municipality
52 Image:Coa pabrade.png Pabradė Listen • Info 6,525 6,398 1946 Vilnius County Švenčionys district municipality
53 20px Šilalė Listen • Info 6,281 6,157 1950 Tauragė County Šilalė district municipality
54 20px Pakruojis Listen • Info 6,057 5,998 1950 Šiauliai County Pakruojis district municipality
55 Image:Nemencine COA.gif Nemenčinė Listen • Info 5,892 5,885 1955 Vilnius County Vilnius district municipality
56 20px Trakai Listen • Info 5,725 5,504 1409 Vilnius County Trakai district municipality
57 20px Švenčionys Listen • Info 5,684 5,658 1800 Vilnius County Švenčionys district
58 20px Vievis Listen • Info 5,303 5,246 1950 Vilnius County Elektrėnai municipality
59 20px Lazdijai Listen • Info 5,140 5,027 1957 Alytus County Lazdijai district municipality
60 20px Kalvarija Listen • Info 5,090 5,066 1791 Marijampolė County Kalvarija municipality
61 20px Rietavas Listen • Info 3,979 3,937 1792 Telšiai County Rietavas municipality
62 Image:Ziezmariai COA.gif Žiežmariai Listen • Info 3,884 3,852 1792 Kaunas County Kaišiadorys district municipality
63 20px Eišiškės Listen • Info 3,765 3,688 1950 Vilnius County Šalčininkai district municipality
64 20px Ariogala Listen • Info 3,697 3,627 1792 Kaunas County Raseiniai district municipality
65 20px Venta Listen • Info 3,412 3,221 1978 Šiauliai County Akmenė district municipality
66 20px Šeduva Listen • Info 3,400 3,270 1654 Šiauliai County Radviliškis district municipality
67 20px Birštonas Listen • Info 3,225 3,138 1518? Kaunas County Birštonas municipality
68 20px Akmenė Listen • Info 3,140 2,973 1792 Šiauliai County Akmenė district municipality
69 Image:Sin escudo.svg Tytuvėnai Listen • Info 2,851 2,775 1956 Šiauliai County Kelmė district municipality
70 Image:Sin escudo.svg Rūdiškės Listen • Info 2,559 2,527 1958 Vilnius County Trakai district municipality
71 20px Pagėgiai Listen • Info 2,393 2,321 1923 Tauragė County Pagėgiai municipality
72 20px Neringa Listen • Info 2,386 2,834 1961 Klaipėda County Neringa municipality
73 20px Vilkija Listen • Info 2,338 2,326 1792 Kaunas County Kaunas district municipality
74 20px Žagarė Listen • Info 2,312 2,208 1924 Šiauliai County Joniškis district municipality
75 Image:Vieksniai COA.jpg Viekšniai Listen • Info 2,270 2,248 1791 Telšiai County Mažeikiai district municipality
76 Skaudvilė Listen • Info 2,140 2,081 1950 Tauragė County Tauragė district municipality
77 Ežerėlis Listen • Info 2,051 2,066 1956 Kaunas County Kaunas district municipality
78 Image:Gelgaudiskis COA.gif Gelgaudiškis Listen • Info 2,029 1,985 1958 Marijampolė County Šakiai district municipality
79 20px Kudirkos Naumiestis Listen • Info 1,997 1,951 1643 Marijampolė County Šakiai district municipality
80 20px Simnas Listen • Info 1,980 1,940 1626 Alytus County Alytus district municipality
81 20px Salantai Listen • Info 1,942 1,887 1746 Klaipėda County Kretinga district municipality
82 20px Linkuva Listen • Info 1,797 1,770 1950 Šiauliai County Pakruojis district municipality
83 Image:Sin escudo.svg Veisiejai Listen • Info 1,762 1,673 1956 Alytus County Lazdijai district municipality
84 20px Ramygala Listen • Info 1,733 1,678 1957 Panevėžys County Panevėžys district municipality
85 Image:Priekule COA.gif Priekulė Listen • Info 1,725 1,690 1948 Klaipėda County Klaipėda district municipality
86 Image:Sin escudo.svg Joniškėlis Listen • Info 1,477 1,432 1736 Panevėžys County Pasvalys district municipality
87 20px Jieznas Listen • Info 1,476 1,423 1956 Kaunas County Prienai district municipality
88 20px Daugai Listen • Info 1,458 1,453 1792 Alytus County Alytus district municipality
89 20px Obeliai Listen • Info 1,371 1,335 1956 Panevėžys County Rokiškis district municipality
90 20px Varniai Listen • Info 1,355 1,310 1950 Telšiai County Telšiai district municipality
91 20px Virbalis Listen • Info 1,351 1,314 1593 Marijampolė County Vilkaviškis district municipality
92 20px Vabalninkas Listen • Info 1,328 1,225 1775 Panevėžys County Biržai district municipality
93 Image:Seda COA.gif Seda Listen • Info 1,309 1,260 1950 Telšiai County Mažeikiai district municipality
94 Subačius Listen • Info 1,180 1,122 1958 Panevėžys County Kupiškis district municipality
95 Baltoji Vokė Listen • Info 1,073 1,075 1958 Vilnius County Šalčininkai district municipality
96 Dūkštas Listen • Info 1,070 992 1956 Utena County Ignalina district municipality
97 20px Pandėlys Listen • Info 1,024 985 1956 Panevėžys County Rokiškis district municipality
98 20px Dusetos Listen • Info 914 866 1950 Utena County Zarasai district municipality
99 20px Užventis Listen • Info 898 844 1746 Šiauliai County Kelmė district municipality
100 Image:Sin escudo.svg Kavarskas Listen • Info 809 753 1956 Utena County Anykščiai district municipality
101 Smalininkai Listen • Info 653 644 1945 Tauragė County Jurbarkas district municipality
102 Image:Sin escudo.svg Troškūnai Listen • Info 525 534 1956 Utena County Anykščiai district municipality
103 Panemunė Listen • Info 329 324 1837 Tauragė County Pagėgiai municipality

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Map showing all cities marked with red dots. Bigger cities are written in larger letters. Click on the map for better resolution.

Image:Lietuva All Cities.png

[edit] Notes and sources

  • Population sizes are given according to Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania) data for 2005. The cities are sorted according to 2001 census data because it is more reliable (data from 2005 is derived from census data using various formulas and models).
  • "City rights" means rights to self-governing. For older cities usually it is the date when Magdeburg rights were granted. Most dates are obtained from Lithuanian Wikipedia which assembled the information from several different sources. One of the main sources was Population Statistics. This information cannot be completely trusted.
  • Stasys Vaitiekūnas, Elena Valančienė, Lietuvos geografija (Geography of Lithuania), Alma littera, 2004, pages 160-162. ISBN 9955-08-534-7
  • At the time of 2001 census, there were 106 cities in Lithuania. Government of Republic of Lithuania made these changes:
  • On December 16, 2002 Juodupė lost city status and became a town;
  • On February 25, 2003 Kulautuva lost city status and became a town;
  • On April 8, 2003 Tyruliai lost city status and became a town.
  • Cities without coat of arms image do not have it confirmed by the President of Lithuania. Other cities have coats of arms confirmed, but they are unavailable. Municipalities share coat of arms with their capitals with the exception of cities which are capitals of more than one municipality (i.e. a city municipality and a district municipality) in which case the city municipality shares the coat of arms with the city, while the district municipality has its own distinct coat of arms. Another notable exception is Trakai town, which has different coat of arms than does its municipality (Trakai district municipality).

[edit] See also

el:Κατάλογος πόλεων της Λιθουανίας eo:Listo de urboj de Litovio lv:Lietuvas pilsētu uzskaitījums lt:Lietuvos miestai pl:Miasta na Litwie pt:Lista de cidades na Lituânia ru:Города Литвы fi:Luettelo Liettuan kaupungeista

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