# Counties of Lithuania

The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular apskritis, plural apskritys), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular savivaldybė, plural savivaldybės): 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities. Each municipality is then divided into elderates (Lithuanian: singular seniūnija, plural seniūnijos). This division was created in 1994 and slightly modified in 2000.
Until 2010, the counties were administered by county governors (Lithuanian: singular – apskrities viršininkas, plural – apskrities viršininkai) appointed by the central government in Vilnius. Their primary duty was to ensure that the municipalities obey the laws and the Constitution of Lithuania. They did not have great powers vested in them, and so it was suggested that 10 counties are too much for Lithuania as the two smallest counties administer only four municipalities. Therefore, on 1 July 2010, the county administrations were abolished, but the counties themselves are retained for statistical and reporting purposes.
Modern apskritys should not be confused with apskritys that existed in the independent Lithuania during the interwar period. At that time Lithuania had a two-tier administrative division: apskritys that were subdivided into valsčiai. Modern apskritys remain only a territorial and statistical unit, while the top-tier administrative division are the municipalities (savivaldybės), followed by elderships (seniūnijos), and sub-elderships in some areas (seniūnaitijos). See subdivisions of Lithuania for details.

## Map

This map shows counties as well as municipalities. Eight city municipalities and two municipalities are marked by numbers:
| 1 – Vilnius City Municipality 2 – Kaunas City Municipality 3 – Klaipėda City Municipality | 4 – Panevėžys City Municipality 5 – Šiauliai City Municipality 6 – Alytus City Municipality | 7 – Birštonas Municipality 8 – Palanga City Municipality 9 – Visaginas Municipality 10 – Neringa Municipality |

## List

| # | County (media help) | Capital | Area in km$^2$ (rank) | Population (2023) | Pop. density (per km$^2$) | GDP (nominal) (billion EUR) | GDP (per capita) (EUR) | Average monthly gross salary (EUR) | HDI (2021) | Municipalities |
| 1 | Alytus County (listen • info) | Alytus | 5,418 (6) | 135,367 | 25 | 1.6 | 11,500 | 1,582 | 0.841 | Alytus Alytus (District) Druskininkai Lazdijai Varėna |
| 2 | Kaunas County (listen • info) | Kaunas | 8,086 (3) | 580,333 | 70 | 11.6 | 20,400 | 1,930 | 0.882 | Birštonas Jonava Kaišiadorys Kaunas Kaunas (District) Kėdainiai Prienai Raseiniai |
| 3 | Klaipėda County (listen • info) | Klaipėda | 5,222 (7) | 336,104 | 61 | 6.0 | 18,400 | 1,802 | 0.876 | Klaipėda Klaipėda (District) Kretinga Neringa Palanga Skuodas Šilutė |
| 4 | Marijampolė County (listen • info) | Marijampolė | 4,466 (8) | 135,891 | 31 | 1.6 | 11,800 | 1,575 | 0.830 | Kalvarija Kazlų Rūda Marijampolė Šakiai Vilkaviškis |
| 5 | Panevėžys County (listen • info) | Panevėžys | 7,878 (4) | 211,652 | 27 | 3.0 | 14,100 | 1,638 | 0.847 | Biržai Kupiškis Panevėžys Panevėžys (District) Pasvalys Rokiškis |
| 6 | Šiauliai County (listen • info) | Šiauliai | 8,537 (2) | 261,764 | 31 | 3.9 | 15,000 | 1,649 | 0.847 | Akmenė Joniškis Kelmė Pakruojis Radviliškis Šiauliai Šiauliai (District) |
| 7 | Tauragė County (listen • info) | Tauragė | 4,349 (9) | 90,652 | 21 | 1.1 | 10,900 | 1,586 | 0.817 | Jurbarkas Pagėgiai Šilalė Tauragė |
| 8 | Telšiai County (listen • info) | Telšiai | 4,350 (10) | 131,431 | 30 | 1.8 | 13,500 | 1,724 | 0.847 | Mažeikiai Plungė Rietavas Telšiai |
| 9 | Utena County (listen • info) | Utena | 7,191 (5) | 125,462 | 18 | 1.4 | 11,200 | 1,548 | 0.831 | Anykščiai Ignalina Molėtai Utena Visaginas Zarasai |
| 10 | Vilnius County (listen • info) | Vilnius | 9,730 (1) | 851,346 | 84 | 24.2 | 29,800 | 2,191 | 0.913 | Elektrėnai Šalčininkai Širvintos Švenčionys Trakai Ukmergė Vilnius Vilnius (District) |
| | Lithuania | Vilnius | 65,300 | 2,860,000 | 43 | 56.2 | 20,000 | 1,960 | 0.875 | |