Vilnius urban area

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Vilnius urban area
Vilniaus aglomeracija
Urban area
Constitution avenue by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
Vilnius metropolitan area.png
Vilnius City (orange) and District (green) Municipalities
CountryFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Largest city Vilnius
Area
  Urban
350 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population
   Urban
716,856 [1]
  Urban density2,000/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
GDP
[2]
  Metro€29.4 billion (2022)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
Vilnius urban sprawl from space, ESA Vilnius Urban Area by Sentinel-2, 2023-09-28 (small version).jpg
Vilnius urban sprawl from space, ESA

The Vilnius urban area (known in Lithuanian as: Vilniaus aglomeracija) is the urban area of Vilnius. The urban area covers several municipalities in the Vilnius County. [3] [4] [5]

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Demographics

The largest cities or towns within the urban area are Vilnius, Lentvaris, Grigiškės, Trakai, Nemenčinė, Rudamina, Pagiriai and Skaidiškės.

SubdivisionArea (km2)Population [6]
Flag of Vilnius.svg  Vilnius 400602,430
Flag of Vilnius district.svg Vilnius District Municipality 2129106,197

Definition

While Vilnius urban area occupies only most of Vilnius City and Vilnius District municipalities and a small part of Trakai District, Vilnius metropolitan region is a larger entity, occupying, depending on definition, most or all of Vilnius county, [7] at some cases, stretching also well into Alytus and Utena counties. [8]

Dual-City (Dipolis)

Dual city of Vilnius and Kaunas (known in Lithuanian as: Vilniaus ir Kauno dvimiestis or dipolis) is an idea to combine resources of Vilnius and Kaunas to be able to compete with larger European cities like Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest or Prague for Western investments. The plan, which includes various forms of collaboration and vocalizes the idea, among all the other projects,– of fast commuting between the two (most notably – the construction of high speed rail) is not fully realized but idea is slowly being implemented (see: Rail Baltica) and is brought up by politicians every year. Combined metropolitan area of both cities would have population of more than 1.5 million and would produce more than a half of Lithuania's total GDP. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Economy

In 2020 Vilnius gross metropolitan product was €21.2 billion. This puts Vilnius in 94th place among cities in European Union.

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