Kaunas County

Kaunas County
Kaunas County Kauno apskritis
	County
Flag	Coat of arms
	Location of Kaunas County
Country	Lithuania
Administrative centre	Kaunas
Municipalities	List Birštonas municipality; Jonava district municipality; Kaišiadorys district municipality; Kaunas city municipality; Kaunas district municipality; Kėdainiai district municipality; Prienai district municipality; Raseiniai district municipality
Area
• Total	8,089 km2 (3,123 sq mi)
	(12.4% of the area of Lithuania)

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Kaunas County (Lithuanian: Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished^[4] .

Symbols[]

The county's coat of arms can be blazoned as follows: Gules, an aurochs head caboshed argent ensigned by a cross Or between his horns enclosed by a bordure purpure charged with ten evenly distributed crosses of Lorraine Or.

The flag's heraldic blazon is identical, since the flag is a banner of the arms.

Municipalities[]

The county is subdivided into municipalities:

Birštonas Municipality
Jonava District Municipality
Kaišiadorys District Municipality
Kaunas City Municipality
Kaunas District Municipality
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Prienai District Municipality
Raseiniai District Municipality

References[]

^ https://osp.stat.gov.lt/informaciniai-pranesimai?articleId=6012573
^ https://osp.stat.gov.lt/informaciniai-pranesimai?articleId=6012573
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" (in en). https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/.
^ "Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=392936. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

External links[]

Coordinates: 54°53′50″N 23°53′33″E / 54.89722, 23.8925

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[1] ttps://osp.stat.gov.lt/informaciniai-pranesimai?articleId=6012573

[2] ttps://osp.stat.gov.lt/informaciniai-pranesimai?articleId=6012573

[GlobalDataLab-3] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" (in en). https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/.

[4] "Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=392936. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

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