Vilnius urban area
Vilnius urban area
Vilniaus aglomeracija | |
|---|---|
Urban area | |
 Constitution Avenue in Vilnius | |
 Vilnius City (orange) and District (green) Municipalities | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Largest city | Vilnius |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 1,000 km2 (400 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 716,856[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
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]
The largest cities or towns within the urban area are Vilnius, Lentvaris, Grigiškės, Trakai, Nemenčinė, Rudamina, Pagiriai and Skaidiškės.
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]
| Subdivision | Area km2 | Population[7] |
|---|---|---|
 Vilnius |
400 | 593,436 |
 Vilnius District Municipality |
2129 | 100,994 |
| Trakai District Municipality | 1207 | 33,685 |
| Elektrėnai Municipality | 509 | 24,577 |
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
- List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP
- List of metropolitan areas in Europe
- Kaunas urban area
- Klaipėda urban area
References
- ^ "Eurostat". eurostat.ec.europa.eu.
- ^ "Urban Sprawl of Major Cities in the Baltic States", www.researchgate.net
- ^ "The sprawl of Vilnius city – establishment and analysis of growing urban region", www.researchgate.net
- ^ "Visual scheme of Vilnius urban area", www.researchgate.net
- ^ "OECD REGIONS AND CITIES AT A GLANCE - COUNTRY NOTE LITHUANIA" (PDF), www.oecd.org
- ^ "Metropolinių Lietuvos miestų migraciniai regionai XXI amžiaus pradžioje", www.lituanistika.lt
- ^ "Resident population on 1 July". osp.stat.gov.lt. 2023-08-07.
- ^ "Vilniaus-Kauno didmiesčio projektas vėl kaitina aistras: paaiškino, ką mano apie idėją", www.lrytas.lt
- ^ "Kauno ir Vilniaus dvimiestis: vizija ar netolima ateitis?", www.sa.lt
- ^ "VILNIAUS IR KAUNO DVIMIESTIS ATNAUJINO STRATEGINIO PLANAVIMO KOMISIJĄ", www.pilotas.lt
- ^ "Gaivinama Vilniaus ir Kauno dvimiesčio idėja", www.tv3.lt
- ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.