Marijampolė County
Marijampolė County
Marijampolės apskritis | |
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From the top to bottom-right: Street art of Marijampolė, Vilkaviškis Cathedral, Forests of Kazlų Rūda, Paežeriai Manor, Monument to Vincas Kudirka in Kudirkos Naumiestis | |
Location of Marijampolė County | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Administrative centre | Marijampolė |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,466 km2 (1,724 sq mi) |
| (6.8% of the area of Lithuania) | |
| Population (2016-01-20) | |
• Total | 136,671 |
| • Rank | 6th of 10 (5.4% of the population of Lithuania) |
| • Density | 31/km2 (79/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €2.0 billion (2023) · 7th |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | LT-MR |
| HDI (2022) | 0.835 very high · 9th |
| Highways | |
Marijampolė County (Lithuanian: Marijampolės apskritis) is one of the ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the southwest of the country and roughly corresponds to the historical region of Sudovia. Its capital and the largest town is Marijampolė. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Marijampolė County remains as a territorial and statistical unit.
It borders the Tauragė County in the north, Kaunas County and Alytus County in the east, Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland in the south and Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia in the west.