Panevėžys County

Panevėžys County
Panevėžys County Panevėžio apskritis
	County
Flag	Coat of arms
	Location of Panevėžys County
Country	Lithuania
Administrative centre	Panevėžys
Municipalities	List Biržai district municipality; Kupiškis district municipality; Panevėžys city municipality; Panevėžys district municipality; Pasvalys district municipality; Rokiškis district municipality
Area
• Total	7,881 km2 (3,043 sq mi)
	(12.1% of the area of Lithuania)

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Panevėžys County (Lithuanian: Panevėžio apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the north-east of the country, and its capital is Panevėžys. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished,^[2] and since that date, Panevėžys County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.

History[]

Historical documents from the 16th century mention Panevėžys as an administrative region.

Municipalities[]

Panevėžys County comprises the following municipalities:

Biržai district municipality
Kupiškis district municipality
Panevėžys city municipality
Panevėžys district municipality
Pasvalys district municipality
Rokiškis district municipality

Geography[]

Panevėžys county is the fourth largest county in Lithuania:

202 km² cities and towns;
145 km² factories and roads;
4822 km² farmland;
2109 km² forests;
200 km² lakes and streams;
406 km² other.

Panevėžys County borders with Latvia, and also with Lithuanian counties of Utena, Vilnius, Kaunas and Šiauliai.

Tourism[]

The region offers 9 hotels and 7 country inns for tourists and travellers. There are 8 tourist agencies and 3 tourist information centers catering to the public.

Industry[]

Panevėžys County generates more than 3.4 billion Litas of GNP. Average annual household income is 10.6 thousand Litas (approx 2.6 thousand US dollars). The county is responsible for approximately 7% of the national industrial output. There are 105 factories and concerns employing 17 thousand workers. In the year 2000, factory output topped 1.76 billion Litas.