Vilnius urban area

The Vilnius urban area (known in Lithuanian as: Vilniaus aglomeracija) is the urban area of Vilnius. The urban area covers several municipalities in the Vilnius County.[2][3][4]

See also: Vilnius District Municipality
Vilnius urban area
Vilniaus aglomeracija
Urban area
Constitution Avenue in Vilnius
Constitution Avenue in Vilnius
Vilnius City (orange) and District (green) Municipalities
Vilnius City (orange) and District (green) Municipalities
Country Lithuania
Largest cityVilnius
Area
 • Urban
1,000 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population
 • Urban
716,856[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

The largest cities or towns within the urban area are Vilnius, Lentvaris, Grigiškės, Trakai, Nemenčinė, Rudamina, Pagiriai and Skaidiškės.

Zujūnai, one of suburbs of Vilnius

Definition

While Vilnius urban area occupies only most of Vilnius City and Vilnius District municipalities, Vilnius metropolitan region is a larger entity, occupying, depending on definition, most or all of Vilnius county,[5] at some cases, stretching also well into Alytus and Utena counties.[6]

Yellow dotted line defines approximate borders of Vilnius urban area (~1,000 km2), while green color shows municipalities which have territory in urban area. Grey shows rest of municipalities in Vilnius County
Subdivision Area km2 Population[7]
 Vilnius400593,436
Vilnius District Municipality2129100,994
Trakai District Municipality120733,685
Elektrėnai Municipality50924,577

Dual city of Vilnius and Kaunas

Dual city of Vilnius and Kaunas (known in Lithuanian as: Vilniaus ir Kauno dvimiestis) was an idea to combine resources of Vilnius and Kaunas to be able to compete with larger European cities like Warsaw or Bucharest for western investments. Plan did not succeeded but idea is still alive and is brought up by politicians every year. Combined metropolitan area would have population of more than 1 million and would produce around half of Lithuania's total GDP.[8][9][10][11]

Economy

In 2020 Vilnius gross metropolitan product was €21.2 billion. This puts Vilnius in 120th place among cities in European Union.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Eurostat". eurostat.ec.europa.eu.
  2. "Urban Sprawl of Major Cities in the Baltic States", www.researchgate.net
  3. "The sprawl of Vilnius city – establishment and analysis of growing urban region", www.researchgate.net
  4. "Visual scheme of Vilnius urban area", www.researchgate.net
  5. "OECD REGIONS AND CITIES AT A GLANCE - COUNTRY NOTE LITHUANIA" (PDF), www.oecd.org
  6. "Metropolinių Lietuvos miestų migraciniai regionai XXI amžiaus pradžioje", www.lituanistika.lt
  7. "Resident population on 1 July". osp.stat.gov.lt. 2023-08-07.
  8. "Vilniaus-Kauno didmiesčio projektas vėl kaitina aistras: paaiškino, ką mano apie idėją", www.lrytas.lt
  9. "Kauno ir Vilniaus dvimiestis: vizija ar netolima ateitis?", www.sa.lt
  10. "VILNIAUS IR KAUNO DVIMIESTIS ATNAUJINO STRATEGINIO PLANAVIMO KOMISIJĄ", www.pilotas.lt
  11. "Gaivinama Vilniaus ir Kauno dvimiesčio idėja", www.tv3.lt
  12. "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.

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