Kėdainiai District
Kėdainiai District Municipality (Lithuanian: Kėdainių rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania, located in the central part of the country.
Structure
Kėdainiai District Municipality is divided into:
- 1 city: Kėdainiai;
- 10 towns: Akademija, Kėdainiai, Dotnuva, Gudžiūnai, Josvainiai, Krakės, Pagiriai, Pernarava, Surviliškis, Šėta and Truskava;
- 11 elderships:
Coat of arms | Eldership | Administrative Center | Area | Population (2021) |
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Dotnuva | Dotnuva | 138 km (34,100.54 acres; 53.28 sq mi) | 4,006 |
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Gudžiūnai | Gudžiūnai | 93.5 km (23,104.35 acres; 36.10 sq mi) | 1,292 |
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Josvainiai | Josvainiai | 185 km (45,714.50 acres; 71.43 sq mi) | 2,699 |
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Kedainiai City | Kėdainiai | 44 km (10,872.64 acres; 16.99 sq mi) | 24,547 |
Krakės | Krakės | 164 km (40,525.28 acres; 63.32 sq mi) | 2,314 | |
Pelėdnagiai | Pelėdnagiai | 141 km (34,841.86 acres; 54.44 sq mi) | 3,467 | |
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Pernarava | Pernarava | 114.7 km (28,342.99 acres; 44.29 sq mi) | 1,093 |
Surviliškis | Surviliškis | 83 km (20,509.75 acres; 32.05 sq mi) | 1,277 | |
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Šėta | Šėta | 130 km (32,123.70 acres; 50.19 sq mi) | 1,628 |
Truskava | Pavermenys | 130 km (32,123.70 acres; 50.19 sq mi) | 969 | |
Vilainiai | Vilainiai | 179 km (44,231.86 acres; 69.11 sq mi) | 3,090 |
- 534 villages.
Population
Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition of Kėdainiai District Municipality according to the 2011 census:
- Lithuanians – 95.78% (51,777);
- Russians – 2.17% (1,171);
- Poles – 0.61% (329);
- Ukrainians – 0.28% (150);
- Belarusians – 0.26% (139);
- Romani – 0.07% (40);
- Germans – 0.03% (17);
- Others – 0.8% (434).
Largest settlements
Largest cities or towns in Kėdainiai District Municipality
2011 Lithuanian Census | |||||||||
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Rank | Eldership | Pop. | |||||||
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1 | Kėdainiai | Kėdainiai City Eldership | 26648 | Josvainiai Pelėdnagiai | ||||
2 | Vilainiai | Vilainiai Eldership | 1330 | ||||||
3 | Josvainiai | Josvainiai Eldership | 1057 | ||||||
4 | Pelėdnagiai | Pelėdnagiai Eldership | 1016 | ||||||
5 | Šėta | Šėta Eldership | 935 | ||||||
6 | Vainotiškiai | Dotnuva Eldership | 909 | ||||||
7 | Krakės | Krakės Eldership | 841 | ||||||
8 | Akademija | Dotnuva Eldership | 752 | ||||||
9 | Labūnava | Pelėdnagiai Eldership | 747 | ||||||
10 | Dotnuva | Dotnuva Eldership | 687 |