Ignalina district

Ignalina district
	local government
Ignalina district
	lit. Ignalinos rajono savivaldybė
	Emblem
A country	Lithuania
Included in	Utena County
Includes	12 headmen
Adm. Centre	Ignalina
History and Geography
Square	1447 km² (18th place )
Timezone	EET ( UTC + 2 , summer UTC + 3 )
Largest cities	Ignalina , Dukshtas
Population
Population	20 625 people ( 2007 ) ( 52nd place )
Density	14.9 people / km² (59th place)
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code
	Official site
Notes: Ignalina district on the map of Lithuania

Ignalina district ^[1] (Ignalina regional government; lit. Ignalinos rajono savivaldybė ) is part of the Utena county of Lithuania . The center is the city of Ignalina . As of 2005, 21,581 people lived in the district. The territory of 1447 square kilometers. On the territory of the district there is a large part of the Aukstein National Park .

Starostva Ignalina district

Content

Settlements

In the area are:

2 cities - Dukshtas and Ignalina ;
3 villages - Melagenai , Rimse and Tveriachius ;
726 villages.

The largest (2001):

Ignalina - 6 591
Digiasalis - 1,744
Vidiškės - 1,084
Dukshtas - 1070
Kazytiskis - 383
Strigailishkes - 334
New Dagulishki - 313
Kanyukai - 307
Melagenai - 286
Rimsa - 274

Starostva

The district is divided into 12 elders (in brackets is the center of the elder):

Tseikinsky elder ( lit. Ceikinių seniūnija ; Tseikinay)
Didjasal Starostvo ( lit. Didžiasalio seniūnija ; Didjasalis )
Duksht Starostvo ( lit. Dūkšto seniūnija ; Dukshtas )
Ignalina elder ( lit. Ignalinos seniūnija ; Ignalina )
Ignalina urban elder ( lit. Ignalinos miesto seniūnija ; Ignalina )
Kazytiš Starostvo ( lit. Kazitiškio seniūnija ; Kazytiškis)
Linkmenu Starostvo ( lit. Linkmenų seniūnija ; Linkmenis)
Melagenai Old Town ( lit. Mielagėnų seniūnija ; Melagenai)
New Daugelish starostvo ( lit. Naujojo Daugėliškio seniūnija ; New Daugelishki)
Rimše Starostvo ( lit. Rimšės seniūnija ; Rimse)
Tverjach Starostvo ( lit. Tverečiaus seniūnija ; Tveriachius )
Vidiškė Starostvo ( lit. Vidiškių seniūnija ; Vidiškės)

Famous People

Born in the area

Petrauskas, Kipras - opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR (1950)

Notes

↑ USSR. Administrative-territorial division of the Union republics on January 1, 1987 / Compiled and prepared for publication: Dudarev V. A., Evseeva N. A. Editor: I. Kamanina. - Moscow: "Proceedings of the Councils of People's Deputies of the USSR", 1987. - 671 p. - 103 800 copies.

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Official site

[справочник-1] USSR. Administrative-territorial division of the Union republics on January 1, 1987 / Compiled and prepared for publication: Dudarev V. A., Evseeva N. A. Editor: I. Kamanina. - Moscow: "Proceedings of the Councils of People's Deputies of the USSR", 1987. - 671 p. - 103 800 copies.