Ignalina District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in
Lithuania
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Ignalina District Municipality
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Structure
District structure:
* 2 cities – Dūkštas
Dūkštas (; pl, Dukszty) is a city in eastern Lithuania, north from Ignalina, on the bank of Lake Dūkštas.
Notable people
* Charles Rappoport (1865–1941), militant communist politician, journalist and writer, who lived most of his life in ...
and Ignalina
Ignalina ( pl, Ignalino) is a city in eastern Lithuania. It is known as a tourist destination in the Aukštaitija National Park. Ignalina is also famous for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in nearby Visaginas.
Legend
It is said that Ignalina ha ...
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* 3 towns – Mielagėnai
Mielagėnai is a town in Ignalina district municipality, in Utena County, southern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 236 people. There is John the Baptist church, build at 1790.
Famous citizens
* Augustinas Janu ...
, Rimšė
Rimšė ( pl, Rymzsany) is a town in the Ignalina district municipality, Utena County, Lithuania
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and Tverečius;
* 726 villages.
* Ignalina District Municipality consists of 12 smaller administration units - elderships.
Population of largest Ignalina District Municipality elderships (2014-07-01):
* Ignalina town – 5605
* Didžiasalis – 1691
*Vidiškės
Vidiškės ( pl, Przyjaźń) is a village in Ignalina district municipality, in Utena County, southern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 931 people.
The village has a church (built in 1906) and Vidiškės manor ...
– 1278
*Dūkštas
Dūkštas (; pl, Dukszty) is a city in eastern Lithuania, north from Ignalina, on the bank of Lake Dūkštas.
Notable people
* Charles Rappoport (1865–1941), militant communist politician, journalist and writer, who lived most of his life in ...
– 1756
* Kazitiškis – 1039
* Naujasis Daugėliškis – 1491
*Mielagėnai
Mielagėnai is a town in Ignalina district municipality, in Utena County, southern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 236 people. There is John the Baptist church, build at 1790.
Famous citizens
* Augustinas Janu ...
– 887
*Ceikiniai
Ceikiniai ( pl, Cejkinie) is a village in the Ignalina district municipality, Utena county, Lithuania. It is 12 kilometres southeast from Ignalina.
The village is situated at the confluence of Ceikinė and Kretuona. It is surrounded by pine f ...
– 533
*Linkmenys
Linkmenys ( pl, Łyngmiany) is a village located in Ignalina District Municipality in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 134 inhabitants.
History
In Hermann von Wartberge's ''Chronicon Livoni ...
– 970
*Rimšė
Rimšė ( pl, Rymzsany) is a town in the Ignalina district municipality, Utena County, Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
– 999
* Tverečius – 590
In total - 18414 inhabitants.
Elderships
Ignalina District Municipality is divided into 12 elderships:
Nature and geography
File:Lusiu ezeras.jpg, Lūšiai
File:Pliateriu akmuo.jpg, Rock of Pliateriai
File:Srove (river) 1.jpg, The Srovė river
See also
*Aukštaitija National Park
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Aukštaitija National Park is a national park in north-eastern Lithuania, about 100 km north of Vilnius. Established in 1974, it is the oldest of the five national parks in Lithuania. At first it was named Lithuanian SSR National ...
References
Municipalities of Utena County
Municipalities of Lithuania
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