Vilnius County
Vilnius County
Vilniaus apskritis | |
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From the top to bottom-right: Vilnius Central Business District, Vilnius Cathedral, Trakai Island Castle, Neris Regional Park, Norviliškės Castle. | |
Location of Vilnius County | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Administrative centre | Vilnius |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,730 km2 (3,760 sq mi) |
| (14.9% of the area of Lithuania) | |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 872,685 |
| • Rank | 1st of 10 (30% of the population of Lithuania) |
| • Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €33.6 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | €39,100 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | LT-VL |
| HDI (2022) | 0.918 – very high · 1st |
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Vilnius County (Lithuanian: Vilniaus apskritis) is the largest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius and is also known as Capital Region or Sostinės regionas by the Lithuanian statistics department and Eurostat. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Vilnius County remains as a territorial and statistical unit.