Kaunas urban area

See also: Kaunas District Municipality

Kaunas urban area Kauno aglomeracija
Urban area
From top, left to right: Kaunas Old Town One of the new house complexes in Domeikava Sports centre in Garliava Karmėlava Eldership building Raudondvaris Castle
Kaunas City (red) and District (orange) Municipalities
Country	Lithuania
Largest city	Kaunas
Area
• Urban	1,653 km2 (638 sq mi)
Population
• Urban	393,397
GDP
• Metro	€13.7 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)

Kaunas urban sprawl from space, ESA

The Kaunas urban area (known in Lithuanian as Kauno aglomeracija) is the metropolitan area of Kaunas. The metropolitan area covers two municipalities in the Kaunas County, with a total built-up area of around 250 km².

Demographics

The largest cities or towns within the metropolitan area are Kaunas, Garliava, Domeikava and Raudondvaris.

Subdivision	Area (km2)	Population
Kaunas	157	304,459
Kaunas District Municipality	1496	100,032

Dual city

The dual city of Vilnius and Kaunas (known in Lithuanian as Vilniaus ir Kauno dvimiestis) is an idea to combine the resources of Vilnius and Kaunas in order to compete with larger European cities like Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest and Prague for Western investments. The plan includes various forms of collaboration and vocalizes the idea (among other projects) of fast commuting between the two (most notably the construction of high speed rail). The plan has not been fully realized, but the idea is slowly being implemented (see: Rail Baltica) and is brought up by politicians every year. The combined metropolitan area of both cities would have a population of more than 1.0 million and would produce more than a half of Lithuania's total GDP.

Economy

In 2020, Kaunas' gross metropolitan product was €10.2 billion. This puts Kaunas in 200th place among cities in the European Union.

See also

• List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP
• Vilnius urban area