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Vilnius County

county of Lithuania
AdministrativeArea county_of_lithuania Q188061
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Summary

Vilnius County is a county of Lithuania[1]. It draws 673 Wikipedia views per month (county of lithuania category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lithuania[3]
  • Country: Lithuania[4]
  • Capital: Vilnius[5]
  • Shares border with: Vitebsk Region[6], Grodno Region[7], Utena County[8], Panevėžys County[9], Kaunas County[10], Alytus County[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Elektrėnai Municipality[12], Šalčininkai District Municipality[13], Širvintos District Municipality[14], Švenčionys District Municipality[15], Trakai District Municipality[16], Ukmergė District Municipality[17], Vilnius District Municipality[18]
  • Flag: flag of Vilnius County[19]
  • Coat of arms: Herb okręgu wileńskiego[20]
  • Commons category: Vilnius County[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vilnius County[22]
  • Population: 877,569[23], 870,265[24], 864,906[25], 859,964[26], 855,876[27], 850,668[28], 845,292[29], 843,320[30], 841,748[31], 838,556[32], 831,237[33], 828,191[34], 826,306[35], 826,445[36]
  • Topic has template: Template:Vilnius County[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Vilnius County[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Vilnius County[39]
  • Native label: Vilniaus apskritis[40]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Vilnius County[41]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Vilnius County[42]
  • Different from: Wilno District[43]
  • Area: 9731 km²[44]

Why It Matters

Vilnius County has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Related Entities

Institute of the Lithuanian Language Lithuania Russian Empire Rybnik Vilnius

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Resident population by administrative territory at the beginning of the year. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Elektrėnai Municipality, Šalčininkai District Municipality, Širvintos District Municipality +4
    Country → Lithuania
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9731'}
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Capital Region
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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