- District municipalities (Lithuanian: ``rajono savivaldybÄ—``) - there are 43 district municipalities that roughly correspond to districts that existed under the Soviet rule. It is quite common to refer to these as simply districts because the word "municipality" was only added in 1994. These districts were created as a local version of raions.
- City municipalities (Lithuanian: ``miesto savivaldybÄ—``) - there are 8 city municipalities. Six of these are based on the 6 largest cities. These 6 cities are also capitals of their corresponding district municipalities, thus these city municipalities could correspond to urban municipalities, while the district municipalities are rural. The special status of Visaginas city municipality (based on the 13th largest city) can be explained by the fact that the majority of the residents are Russians. Palanga city municipality is called this despite actually including a group of popular sea resorts rather than a single city.
- Municipalities - there are 9 municipalities created in 2000 by "Municipalities Reform Act." They do not contain either "city" or "district" in their name. Neringa municipality existed before as Neringa city municipality.
All municipalities, with three exceptions, Klaipėda district municipality (capital Gargždai), Akmenė district municipality (capital Naujoji Akmenė) and Neringa municipality (capital Nida), are named after their capitals. Municipalities are further sub-divided into more than 500 elderates (Lithuanian: singular - ``seniūnija``, plural - ``seniūnijos``). For more information, see Subdivisions of Lithuania.
List
| # | Municipality | Location | Capital | Area | Population | Density | No. of elderates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Km² !! Rank | Total !! Rank | Pop/km² !! Rank | ||||||||
| | AkmenÄ— district municipality || Å iauliai County || Naujoji AkmenÄ— || align=center| 844 || align=center| 43 || align=center| 30,300 || align=center| 42 || align=center| 35.9 || align=center| 24 || align=center| 6 | ||||||||||
| | Alytus city municipality || Alytus County || Alytus || align=center| 40 || align=center| 60 || align=center| 71,500 || align=center| 8 || align=center| 1786.5 || align=center| 5 || align=center| - | ||||||||||
| | Alytus district municipality || Alytus County || Alytus fn|1 || align=center| 1404 || align=center| 20 || align=center| 32,600 || align=center| 38 || align=center| 23.3 || align=center| 47 || align=center| 11 | ||||||||||
| | AnykÅ¡Äiai district municipality || Utena County || AnykÅ¡Äiai || align=center| 1765 || align=center| 6 || align=center| 35,100 || align=center| 35 || align=center| 19.9 || align=center| 53 || align=center| 10 |
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|- | 33 || Panevėžys district municipality || Panevėžys County || Panevėžys fn|1 || align=center| 2179 || align=center| 2 || align=center| 42,900 || align=center| 25 || align=center| 19.7 || align=center| 54 || align=center| 11 |- | 34 || Pasvalys district municipality || Panevėžys County || Pasvalys || align=center| 1289 || align=center| 27 || align=center| 35,000 || align=center| 36 || align=center| 27.1 || align=center| 37 || align=center| 11 |- | 35 || PlungÄ— district municipality || TelÅ¡iai County || PlungÄ— || align=center| 1105 || align=center| 35 || align=center| 44,200 || align=center| 23-24 || align=center| 40.0 || align=center| 21 || align=center| 11 |- | 36 || Prienai district municipality || Kaunas County || Prienai || align=center| 1031 || align=center| 38 || align=center| 35,800 || align=center| 33 || align=center| 34.7 || align=center| 27 || align=center| 10 |- | 37 || RadviliÅ¡kis district municipality || Å iauliai County || RadviliÅ¡kis || align=center| 1635 || align=center| 11 || align=center| 52,200 || align=center| 16 || align=center| 31.9 || align=center| 30 || align=center| 13 |- | 38 || Raseiniai district municipality || Kaunas County || Raseiniai || align=center| 1573 || align=center| 12 || align=center| 44,200 || align=center| 23-24 || align=center| 28.1 || align=center| 34-35 || align=center| 12 |- | 39 || Rietavas municipality || TelÅ¡iai County || Rietavas || align=center| 586 || align=center| 45 || align=center| 10,700 || align=center| 58 || align=center| 18.2 || align=center| 57 || align=center| 5 |- | 40 || RokiÅ¡kis district municipality || Panevėžys County || RokiÅ¡kis || align=center| 1807 || align=center| 4-5 || align=center| 42,500 || align=center| 26 || align=center| 23.5 || align=center| 46 || align=center| 10 |- | 41 || Skuodas district municipality || KlaipÄ—da County || Skuodas || align=center| 911 || align=center| 41 || align=center| 25,600 || align=center| 47 || align=center| 28.1 || align=center| 34-35 || align=center| 9 |- | 42 || Å akiai district municipality || MarijampolÄ— County || Å akiai || align=center| 1453 || align=center| 17 || align=center| 38,800 || align=center| 29 || align=center| 26.7 || align=center| 39-40 || align=center| 14 |- | 43 || Å alÄininkai district municipality || Vilnius County || Å alÄininkai || align=center| 1491 || align=center| 15 || align=center| 39,400 || align=center| 28 || align=center| 26.4 || align=center| 42 || align=center| 13 |- | 44 || Å iauliai city municipality || Å iauliai County || Å iauliai || align=center| 81 || align=center| 56 || align=center| 134,000 || align=center| 4 || align=center| 1654.7 || align=center| 6 || align=center| 2 |- | 45 || Å iauliai district municipality || Å iauliai County || Å iauliai fn|1 || align=center| 1807 || align=center| 4-5 || align=center| 51,600 || align=center| 17 || align=center| 28.6 || align=center| 33 || align=center| 11 |- | 46 || Å ilalÄ— district municipality || TauragÄ— County || Å ilalÄ— || align=center| 1188 || align=center| 32 || align=center| 31,500 || align=center| 40 || align=center| 26.5 || align=center| 41 || align=center| 14 |- | 47 || Å ilutÄ— district municipality || KlaipÄ—da County || Å ilutÄ— || align=center| 1706 || align=center| 7 || align=center| 55,400 || align=center| 13 || align=center| 32.4 || align=center| 29 || align=center| 11 |- | 48 || Å irvintos district municipality || Vilnius County || Å irvintos || align=center| 906 || align=center| 42 || align=center| 20,200 || align=center| 53 || align=center| 22.3 || align=center| 51 || align=center| 8 |- | 49 || Å venÄionys district municipality || Vilnius County || Å venÄionys || align=center| 1692 || align=center| 9 || align=center| 33,200 || align=center| 37 || align=center| 19.6 || align=center| 55 || align=center| 14 |- | 50 || TauragÄ— district municipality || TauragÄ— County || TauragÄ— || align=center| 1179 || align=center| 33 || align=center| 52,700 || align=center| 14 || align=center| 44.7 || align=center| 16 || align=center| 8 |- | 51 || TelÅ¡iai district municipality || TelÅ¡iai County || TelÅ¡iai || align=center| 1439 || align=center| 18-19 || align=center| 57,700 || align=center| 12 || align=center| 40.1 || align=center| 20 || align=center| 11 |- | 52 || Trakai district municipality || Vilnius County || Trakai || align=center| 1208 || align=center| 31 || align=center| 37,400 || align=center| 32 || align=center| 31.0 || align=center| 32 || align=center| 8 |- | 53 || UkmergÄ— district municipality || Vilnius County || UkmergÄ— || align=center| 1395 || align=center| 21 || align=center| 48,700 || align=center| 20 || align=center| 34.9 || align=center| 26 || align=center| 12 |- | 54 || Utena district municipality || Utena County || Utena || align=center| 1229 || align=center| 29 || align=center| 50,200 || align=center| 18-19 || align=center| 40.8 || align=center| 19 || align=center| 10 |- | 55 || VarÄ—na district municipality || Alytus County || VarÄ—na || align=center| 2218 || align=center| 1 || align=center| 31,200 || align=center| 41 || align=center| 14.1 || align=center| 60 || align=center| 8 |- | 56 || VilkaviÅ¡kis district municipality || MarijampolÄ— County || VilkaviÅ¡kis || align=center| 1259 || align=center| 28 || align=center| 50,200 || align=center| 18-19 || align=center| 39.9 || align=center| 22 || align=center| 12 |- | 57 || Vilnius city municipality || Vilnius County || Vilnius || align=center| 401 || align=center| 51 || align=center| 554,300 || align=center| 1 || align=center| 1382.2 || align=center| 7 || align=center| 21 |- | 58 || Vilnius district municipality || Vilnius County || Vilnius fn|1 || align=center| 2129 || align=center| 3 || align=center| 88,500 || align=center| 6 || align=center| 41.6 || align=center| 18 || align=center| 23 |- | 59 || Visaginas city municipality || Utena County || Visaginas || align=center| 58 || align=center| 58 || align=center| 29,700 || align=center| 43 || align=center| 3299.7 || align=center| 1 || align=center| - |- | 60 || Zarasai district municipality || Utena County || Zarasai || align=center| 1334 || align=center| 24 || align=center| 22,900 || align=center| 52 || align=center| 17.1 || align=center| 58 || align=center| 10 |}
Map
This map shows counties as well as municipalities. Eight city municipalities and two municipality 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 city municipality 10 - Neringa municipalityNotes and references
- fnb|1The capital is not part of that municipality, however the municipality council and other institutions are located in that city.
- Territory, population size (rounded up), and density are given according to Table: Total area, population and density (data from 2001 census), Statistics Lithuania (2006). Demographic Statistics Division. Regional Database. Retrieved 30 January 2006.
- Number of elderates was obtained from Counties at Lithuanian Central Internet Gates (2006) and was cross-referenced with the official website of every municipality. Dash (-) indicates that there are no elderates in that particular municipality.
