Kėdainiai District Municipality
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Kėdainiai District Municipality
Kėdainių rajono savivaldybė | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kėdainiai district municipality within Lithuania | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Capital | Kėdainiai |
| Elderships[1] | List |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Valentinas Tamulis |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 167,700 ha (414,400 acres) |
| • Water | 4,200 ha (10,400 acres) 2.5% |
| • Forest | 39,700 ha (98,100 acres) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 47,872 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 24,093 |
| • Rural | 23,779 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Telephone code | 347 |
| ISO 3166 code | LT-18 |
| Major settlements |
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| Website | www |
Kėdainiai District Municipality (Lithuanian: Kėdainių rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania, located in the central part of the country.
Structure
District structure:
- 1 city – Kėdainiai;
- 10 towns – Akademija, Kėdainiai, Dotnuva, Gudžiūnai, Josvainiai, Krakės, Pagiriai, Pernarava, Surviliškis, Šėta and Truskava;
- 534 villages.
- 11 elderships – Dotnuva Eldership, Gudžiūnai Eldership, Josvainiai Eldership, Kėdainiai City Eldership, Krakės Eldership, Pelėdnagiai Eldership, Pernarava Eldership, Surviliškis Eldership, Šėta Eldership, Truskava Eldership, Vilainiai Eldership.
Elderships
Kėdainiai District Municipality is divided into 11 elderships:[5]
| Eldership (Administrative Center) | Area | Population (2021) |
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138 km2 (34,100.54 acres; 53.28 sq mi) | 4,006 |
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93.5 km2 (23,104.35 acres; 36.10 sq mi) | 1,292 |
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185 km2 (45,714.50 acres; 71.43 sq mi) | 2,699 |
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44 km2 (10,872.64 acres; 16.99 sq mi) | 24,547 |
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164 km2 (40,525.28 acres; 63.32 sq mi) | 2,314 |
| Pelėdnagiai (Pelėdnagiai) | 141 km2 (34,841.86 acres; 54.44 sq mi) | 3,467 |
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114.7 km2 (28,342.99 acres; 44.29 sq mi) | 1,093 |
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83 km2 (20,509.75 acres; 32.05 sq mi) | 1,277 |
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130 km2 (32,123.70 acres; 50.19 sq mi) | 1,628 |
| Truskava (Pavermenys) | 130 km2 (32,123.70 acres; 50.19 sq mi) | 969 |
| Vilainiai (Vilainiai) | 179 km2 (44,231.86 acres; 69.11 sq mi) | 3,090 |
Population
Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition of Kėdainiai District Municipality according to the 2011 census:[6]
- Lithuanians – 95.78% (51,777);
- Russians – 2.17% (1,171);
- Poles – 0.61% (329);
- Ukrainians – 0.28% (150);
- Belarusians – 0.26% (139);
- Romani – 0.07% (40);
- Germans – 0.03% (17);
- Others – 0.8% (434).
Largest settlements
Largest cities or towns in Kėdainiai District Municipality
2011 Lithuanian Census | |||||||||
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| Rank | Eldership | Pop. | |||||||
 Kėdainiai  Vilainiai |
1 | Kėdainiai | Kėdainiai City Eldership | 26648 |  Josvainiai  Pelėdnagiai | ||||
| 2 | Vilainiai | Vilainiai Eldership | 1330 | ||||||
| 3 | Josvainiai | Josvainiai Eldership | 1057 | ||||||
| 4 | Pelėdnagiai | Pelėdnagiai Eldership | 1016 | ||||||
| 5 | Šėta | Šėta Eldership | 935 | ||||||
| 6 | Vainotiškiai | Dotnuva Eldership | 909 | ||||||
| 7 | Krakės | Krakės Eldership | 841 | ||||||
| 8 | Akademija | Dotnuva Eldership | 752 | ||||||
| 9 | Labūnava | Pelėdnagiai Eldership | 747 | ||||||
| 10 | Dotnuva | Dotnuva Eldership | 687 | ||||||
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kėdainiai District Municipality.
- ^ "Seniūnijos" [Elderships] (in Lithuanian). Kėdainiai District Municipality. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Kėdainiai district municipality". Lithuania's Department of Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Lietuvos apskritys. Gyventojai" [Districts of Lithuania. Population] (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Lithuania's Department of Statistics. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Lietuvai 100". lietuva.lt. Archived from the original on 1 September 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Seniūnijos". Kedainių rajono savivaldybė. 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ "2011 m. surašymas - OSP". osp.stat.gov.lt. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28.
Coordinates: 55°18′54″N 23°57′07″E / 55.31500°N 23.95194°E
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