Marijampolė county ( lit. Marijampolės apskritis ) is a county in the south-west of Lithuania , in the historical and ethnographic region of Suvalkiya .
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| Marijampolis County | |||||
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| lit. Marijampolės apskritis | |||||
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| A country | Lithuania | ||||
| Includes | 5 local governments | ||||
| Adm Centre | Marijampole | ||||
| History and geography | |||||
| Square | 4463 [1] km² (8th place ) | ||||
| Timezone | EET ( UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 ) | ||||
| Largest cities | Marijampole , Vilkaviskis , Kazlu Ruda | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 161,649 people ( 2011 ) ( 6th place ) | ||||
| Density | 36.22 people / km² (4th place) | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| ISO 3166-2 code | LT-MR [1] | ||||
| FIPS Index | LH59 [1] | ||||
| Official site | |||||
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It borders with the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation and Poland , as well as with Alytus , Kaunas and Taurag counties.
History
Administrative division
County form the territory:
- Kalvariya municipality (4 elders, including the city of Calvary )
- Kazlu-Rudsk Municipality (4 elders)
- Marijampolė municipality ( Marijampole town, 6 elders)
- Vilkavishk district self-governments (12 elders)
- Municipalities of Šakiai District (14 elders)
Population
According to the 2011 census, the population of Mariampol County is 161,649 people [2] .
Ethnic composition
2001 Population Census
Ethnic composition according to the 2001 census [3] :
| Number of | % | |
| Total | 188,634 | 100.00 |
| Lithuanians | 185,791 | 98.49 |
| Russians | 1,146 | 0.60 |
| Poles | 318 | 0.16 |
| Germans | 268 | 0.14 |
| Ukrainians | 247 | 0.13 |
| Belarusians | 222 | 0.11 |
| Gypsies | 167 | 0.08 |
| Latvians | 34 | 0.01 |
| Tatars | 28 | 0.01 |
| Jews | eleven | > 0.01 |
| Other | 402 | 0.21 |
Population Census 2011
Ethnic composition according to the 2011 census [4] :
| Number of | % | |
| Total | 161 649 | 100.00 |
| Lithuanians | 158 532 | 98.07 |
| Russians | 1,099 | 0.67 |
| Poles | 277 | 0.17 |
| Gypsies | 216 | 0.13 |
| Belarusians | 188 | 0.11 |
| Ukrainians | 181 | 0.11 |
| Germans | 164 | 0.10 |
| Armenians | 42 | 0.02 |
| Tatars | 21 | 0.01 |
| Latvians | 20 | 0.01 |
| Jews | 13 | > 0.01 |
| Other | 88 | 0.05 |
| Not specified | 808 | 0.49 |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Counties of Lithuania. statoids.com
- ↑ Lithuanian Population Census (2011) (not available link)
- ↑ Ethnic composition: 2001 census (English) . pop-stat.mashke.org. The appeal date is October 22, 2016.
- ↑ Ethnic composition: 2011 census (English) . pop-stat.mashke.org. The appeal date is October 22, 2016.