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Neighborhoods Of Vilnius
Neighborhoods of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus seniūnijos) are administrative districts of Vilnius City Municipality Vilnius ( , ; see also #Etymology and other names, other names) is the capital and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the munic .... List Elderships, a statewide administrative division, function as municipal districts. The 21 elderships are based on neighbourhoods: References External links *Official site of the Vilnius City Municipality {{Vilnius elderates Neighbourhoods in Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urban area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 718,507 (as of 2020), while according to the Vilnius territorial health insurance fund, there were 753,875 permanent inhabitants as of November 2022 in Vilnius city and Vilnius district municipalities combined. Vilnius is situated in southeastern Lithuania and is the second-largest city in the Baltic states, but according to the Bank of Latvia is expected to become the largest before 2025. It is the seat of Lithuania's national government and the Vilnius District Municipality. Vilnius is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The city was noted for its multicultural population already in the time of the Polish–Lithuanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šnipiškės
Šnipiškės (also known as ''New City Centre'') is a neighborhood in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Located on the north bank of the river Neris, it became the site of a modern business district with skyscrapers which, however, mix with some historical wooden architecture. Until recently, the area was a small historical suburban village north of the Vilnius Old Town. Several skyscrapers, including Europa Tower business center, have been erected since the turn of the millennium. It continues to rapidly expanded with major projects for modern commercial and apartment complexes as well as recreational areas. Some of the late 19th and early 20th century wooden houses are now under cultural protection and preservation. Šnipiškės is also home to the Kalvarijos Market. Etymology ''Šnipiškės'' was named after a rich merchant Povilas Šnipka (Šnipis), who lived in 16th century, and owned the land plots in the area. During the Interwar period various tourist guides in Vilnius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasos (district)
Rasos is an eldership in the Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 16.3 km². According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 10,597. Sports Liepkalnis area *Liepkalnis Winter Sports Centre *LFF Stadium LFF Stadium (Lithuanian Football Federation stadium, ), formerly known as Vėtra Stadium, is a football stadium in Vilnius, Lithuania. The stadium has a capacity of 5,067 people and was home of the Lithuanian national football team between 2012 an ... References Neighbourhoods of Vilnius Ski areas and resorts in Lithuania {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naujininkai
Naujininkai is one of the elderships of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is situated in the south-west of the city and lies between Vilnius International Airport and the railway station. It has an Old Believers Old Believers or Old Ritualists, ''starovery'' or ''staroobryadtsy'' are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow bet ... cemetery and a church. History Since the 19th century, the territory of Naujininkai was used as a cemetery. Naujininkai holds the only Old Believer cemetery in Vilnius. In 1825, two merchants bought a plot in Naujininkai and built a wooden meeting-house. In the 19th century, when steam energy started to spread, many factories in the suburbs of Vilnius built chimneys, because of that Naujininkai was called ''Kaminai'' (English: ''chimneys''). The construction of the railway in Vilnius determined the growth of the neighborhood. Industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naujoji Vilnia
Naujoji Vilnia is an eldership in eastern Vilnius, Lithuania situated along the banks of the Vilnia River. According to the 2011 census, the municipality had a population of 31,933. This figure grew to 36,507 in 2021, when the newest census was performed. The ethnographic composition is very diverse, but is also changing because of construction boom in Pavilnys and Kalnėnai neighborhoods of Naujoji Vilnia. During the last two decades between the 2001 and 2021 censuses, the percentage of Lithuanians grew from 29,5% to 47,9% (17,493 persons), while the percentage of Poles shrank from 34,2% to 26,4% (9,646 inhabitants), Russians — from 19,8% to 13,3% (4,858 persons), Belarusians from 9% to 5,8% (2,105 inhabitants), Ukrainians — from 1,5% to 1,1% (390). There were also 2,008 inhabitants of other ethnicity. History New Vileika emerged as a separate town in the second half of the 19th century when the Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway was built. It grew as a narrow st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius Old Town
The Old Town of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus senamiestis, pl, Stare Miasto w Wilnie, be, Стары горад у Вільнюсе, russian: Старый город в Вильнюсe), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in both Northern and Central Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres). It encompasses 74 quarters, with 70 streets and lanes numbering 1487 buildings with a total floor area of 1,497,000 square meters. According to the archaeological research, the first traces of a city are found in Vilnius during the reign of Traidenis and Vytenis rule. There is some scientific debate whether Vilnius was already a city at the times of king of Lithuania Mindaugas. It was first mentioned in the written sources in the letters of Gediminas. The Magdeburg rights were granted by the Lithuanian Grand Duke and King of Poland Jogaila in 1387. It is the oldest part of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, it had been developed over the course of many centuries, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naujamiestis, Vilnius
Naujamiestis is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It occupies 4,9km². According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 28,157, giving it a population density of 5,745 people per square kilometer. Tourist attractions, theatres, and museums * Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre * The Opera and Ballet Theater Fountains * Opera Park * Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum * Beatričė Grincevičiūtė House Museum * State Small Theatre of Vilnius * Lukiškės Square * Interactive Fountains * Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights * The Green House * The Venclova house-museum * Aurochs Mountain * Marriage Palace Park * Old Theatre of Vilnius Transportation * Vilnius railway station * European route E272 European route E272 is a Class B road part of the International E-road network. It runs only through Lithuania, begins in Klaipėda and ends in Vilnius. Route: Klaipėda - Palanga - Šiauliai - Panevėžys - Ukmerge - Vilnius Vilnius ( ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilkpėdė
Vilkpėdė is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality Vilnius ( , ; see also #Etymology and other names, other names) is the capital and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the munic ..., Lithuania. It occupies 10,8 km2. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 21,346. Gallery Vilkpėdė, Vilnius, Lithuania - panoramio (5).jpg, Church of the Providence of God in Vilkpėdė Savanorių pr., Vilnius, 4aukšt.JPG, An old building in Vilkpėdė Vilkpėdės ligoninė 2.JPG, Vilkpėdė Hospital References Neighbourhoods of Vilnius {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazdynai
:''"Lazdynai" is also an old name of Krasnoznamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia Lazdynai ( lt, Lazdynų seniūnija, Lazdynai) is an eldership of Vilnius, Lithuania, situated on the right bank of the Neris River. It covers a area of and has a population of 31,097 (according to the 2011 census). The word means "hazel bushes" in Lithuanian. History Since the 1950s, the Baltic states experienced fast population growth and faced housing shortages. When Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev put forth his program of fast residential construction, based on prefabricated panel buildings dubbed ''khrushchovkas'', it threatened the integrity of the well-preserved historical style of Vilnius. A group of architects struggled against the intrusion of ''khrushchovkas'' into the historical city center. Eventually they were awarded with the project to build a satellite city outside Vilnius. The chosen area was close to a Polish village of Leszczyniaki or Lazdynai in Lithuanian, situated southeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigiškės
Grigiškės (; pl, Grzegorzewo) is a town in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. It is an industrial town with AB Grigiškės, a major paper factory built in 1923. Grigiškės is situated on both banks of the Vokė river, south from the river Neris. History Mounds from the 5th to 10th centuries show that the surrounding lands have been inhabited for a long time. Kunigiškės, Kauno Vokė and Salos-Afindevičiai villages were there, with the modern Grigiškės settlement being founded only in the 20th century. The name in 1923 was given by Grzegorz Kurec, an industrialist of Belarusian origin, who built a paper and cardboard factory and a water power plant with a unique Grigiškės water aqueduct. In the aftermath of World War II, the factory was expanded, with many new workplaces being created. The town grew rapidly mainly due to the migration of Belarusian workers from Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic as well as Lithuanian deportees returning from Siberia, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žvėrynas
Žvėrynas (literally ''the menagerie'') is one of the older neighborhoods and smallest elderships in Vilnius, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, 11,079 people live within its 2.6 km² area. It lies on the banks of the Neris River, and is situated to the west of the Lithuanian Parliament building. The river surrounds it from three sides and isolates it from the city. On the other side of the river, to the northwest, lies Vingis Park. Initially, it was a private out of town hunting area until the end of the 19th century, later it was developed as a resort and therefore many decorated wooden houses have survived from these times. History Originally the district belonged to the Grand duke Vytautas the Great, who established forest reserve there, and later to Radziwiłł family, who has built wooden hunting house in the area and maintained wild animals for hunting purposes (hence the name). In 1825, a summer house was built which later became the residence of the Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
