The Visaginas Municipality (Lithuanian: Visagino savivaldybė) is one of the 60 municipalities of Lithuania, situated in the north-east of the country. It consists of the city of Visaginas (administrative centre of the municipality), 16 villages (kaimai) and one farmstead (viensėdis).
Visaginas Municipality
Visagino savivaldybė | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Map of Visaginas Municipality | |
  Visaginas Municipality  Visaginas Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 55°35′53″N 26°26′17″E / 55.598°N 26.438°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Utena County |
| Administrative centre | Visaginas |
| Settlements | 18[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 58th |
| Population (2021[3]) | |
• Total | 19,633 |
| • Rank | 43rd |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th |
| Telephone code | 386 |
| Major settlements | Visaginas (pop. 19,260)[4] |
| Website | www |
It has significant Russian minority population in Lithuania, with half of the population claiming Russian ethnicity.[5]
Visaginas is famous for the now-decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant located here.
History
editThe municipality was formally established on 19 July 1994 as the Visaginas City Municipality (Visagino miesto savivaldybė) and came into actual existence following the local election on 25 March 1995. Initially the municipality was composed only of the city of Visaginas, but on 1 January 2003 its area was expanded by absorbing a part of the Ignalina District Municipality, and the Visaginas City Municipality was renamed to what it is known as now.[6]
References
edit- ^ (in Lithuanian) Address register of Lithuania
- ^ Demographic Yearbook Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine stat.gov.lt
- ^ "Būsena (Status)" (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Visagine auga nuolatinių gyventojų skaičius! | Visagino savivaldybė".
- ^ "Tautinių mažumų departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės".
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Law on the alteration of the borders of territories of the Visaginas City and Ignalina District municipalities
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