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, with a total built-up area of around 350 km2.[3][4][5]

Vilnius urban area
Vilniaus aglomeracija
Urban area
Šnipiškės
Vilnius western bypass
Trakai Island Castle
Didžioji Riešė
Skaidiškės
Vilnius City (orange) and District (green) Municipalities
Vilnius City (orange) and District (green) Municipalities
Country Lithuania
Largest cityVilnius
Area
 • Urban
2,529 km2 (976 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Urban
747,864
GDP
 • Metro€29.4 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
Vilnius urban sprawl from space, ESA

Demographics

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The largest cities or towns within the urban area are Vilnius, Lentvaris, Grigiškės, Trakai, Nemenčinė, Rudamina, Pagiriai and Skaidiškės.

Subdivision Area (km2) Population[6]
  Vilnius 400 602,430
  Vilnius District Municipality 2129 106,197
  Trakai District Municipality 1208 32,546

Definition

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While Vilnius urban area occupies only most of Vilnius City and Vilnius District municipalities and a small part of Trakai District, Vilnius metropolitan region is a larger entity, occupying, depending on definition, most or all of Vilnius county,[7] at some cases, stretching also well into Alytus and Utena counties.[8]

Dual-City (Dipolis)

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Dual city of Vilnius and Kaunas (known in Lithuanian as: Vilniaus ir Kauno dvimiestis or dipolis) is an idea to combine resources of Vilnius and Kaunas to be able to compete with larger European cities like Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest or Prague for Western investments. The plan, which includes various forms of collaboration and vocalizes the idea, among all the other projects,– of fast commuting between the two (most notably – the construction of high speed rail) is not fully realized but idea is slowly being implemented (see: Rail Baltica) and is brought up by politicians every year. Combined metropolitan area of both cities would have population of more than 1.0 million and would produce more than a half of Lithuania's total GDP.[9][10][11][12]

Economy

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In 2022 Vilnius gross metropolitan product was almost €30 billion. This puts Vilnius in 80th place among cities in European Union.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Eurostat". eurostat.ec.europa.eu.
  2. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
  3. ^ "Urban Sprawl of Major Cities in the Baltic States", www.researchgate.net
  4. ^ "The sprawl of Vilnius city – establishment and analysis of growing urban region", www.researchgate.net
  5. ^ "Visual scheme of Vilnius urban area", www.researchgate.net
  6. ^ "Resident population on 1 January". osp.stat.gov.lt. 2024-01-22.
  7. ^ "OECD REGIONS AND CITIES AT A GLANCE - COUNTRY NOTE LITHUANIA" (PDF), www.oecd.org
  8. ^ "Metropolinių Lietuvos miestų migraciniai regionai XXI amžiaus pradžioje", www.lituanistika.lt
  9. ^ "Vilniaus-Kauno didmiesčio projektas vėl kaitina aistras: paaiškino, ką mano apie idėją", www.lrytas.lt
  10. ^ "Kauno ir Vilniaus dvimiestis: vizija ar netolima ateitis?", www.sa.lt
  11. ^ "VILNIAUS IR KAUNO DVIMIESTIS ATNAUJINO STRATEGINIO PLANAVIMO KOMISIJĄ", www.pilotas.lt
  12. ^ "Gaivinama Vilniaus ir Kauno dvimiesčio idėja", www.tv3.lt