Alytus County
Alytus county
Alytaus apskritis | |
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From the top to bottom-right: Panorama of Alytus from its signature hillfort, Liškiava, Čepkeliai Marsh in Dzūkija National Park, Lake Dusia in Meteliai Regional Park, resort town of Druskininkai. | |
Location of Alytus county | |
| Coordinates: 54°23′13″N 24°02′36″E / 54.38694°N 24.04333°E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Administrative centre | Alytus |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,418 km2 (2,092 sq mi) |
| (8.3% of the area of Lithuania) | |
| Population (2020-01-01) | |
• Total | 134,070 |
| • Rank | 7th of 10 (5.2% of the population of Lithuania) |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €1.9 billion (2023) · 8th |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | LT-AL |
| HDI (2022) | 0.846 very high · 7th |
Alytus County (Lithuanian: Alytaus apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the southernmost county, and its capital is the city of Alytus. Its territory lies within the ethnographic region of Dzūkija. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Alytus County remains as a territorial and statistical unit.
It borders the Vilnius County in the east, Marijampolė County and Kaunas County in the north, Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland in the west, and Grodno Region of Belarus in the south..