Back Вильниус Abkhazian Vilnius ACE Vilnius Afrikaans Vilnius ALS ቪልኒውስ Amharic Vilna AN Bilnius ANG فيلنيوس Arabic ڤيلنيوس ARY فيلنيوس ARZ
Vilnius | |
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City municipality | |
 Top: Vilnius Old Town Middle left: Vilnius Cathedral Middle right: St. Anne's Church The 3rd row: Vilnius business district (Šnipiškės) The 4th row: Presidential Palace. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname(s): Jerusalem of Lithuania, Athens of the North | |
| Motto(s): Unitas, Justitia, Spes (Latin: Unity, Justice, Hope) | |
 Location of Vilnius | |
| Coordinates: 54°41′N 25°17′E / 54.683°N 25.283°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Dainava |
| County | Vilnius County |
| Municipality | Vilnius city municipality |
| Capital of | Lithuania Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality |
| First mentioned | 1323 |
| Granted city rights | 1387 |
| Elderships | |
| Area | |
| • City municipality | 401 km2 (155 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 112 m (367 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • City municipality | 539 939 |
| • Density | 1,391.9/km2 (3,605/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 806 308 (Vilnius County) |
| Demonym | Vilnian |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 01001-14191 |
| Area code | (+370) 5 |
| Website | http://www.vilnius.lt/ |
Vilnius is the largest city and the capital of Lithuania, with a population of 553,904 (850,700 together with Vilnius County) as of December 2005.[2] It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County. Vilnius is 312 kilometres (194 mi) from the Baltic Sea and Klaipėda, the most important Lithuanian seaport. Vilnius is connected by highways to other major Lithuanian cities, such as Kaunas (102 km/63 mi away), Šiauliai (214 km/133 mi away) and Panevėžys (135 km/84 mi away).
- ↑ "Total area and population by administrative territory, statistical indicator and year". Statistics Lithuania. 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ↑ Number of population by county, city (town) and municipality |Statistics Lithuania Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine © Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania). Accessed May 2, 2006.