Kėdainiai District Municipality
Kėdainiai District Municipality (Lithuanian: Kėdainių rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania, located in the central part of the country.
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Kėdainių rajono savivaldybė | |
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 Location of Kėdainiai district municipality within Lithuania | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Capital | Kėdainiai |
| Elderships [1] | List
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| 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 |
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.
Population
Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition of Kėdainiai District Municipality according to the 2011 census:[5]
- Lithuanians – 95.78 % (51,777);
- Russians – 2.17 % (1,171);
- Poles – 0.61 % (329);
- Ukrainians – 0.28 % (150);
- Belarussians – 0.26 % (139);
- Romani – 0.07 % (40);
- Germans – 0.03 % (17);
- Others – 0.8 % (434).
Largest settlements
References
- "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.
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