Kėdainiai District Municipality (Lithuanian: Kėdainių rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania, located in the central part of the country.
Kėdainiai District Municipality Kėdainių rajono savivaldybė | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kėdainiai district municipality within Lithuania | |
 Map of Kėdainiai district municipality | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Kaunas County |
| Capital | Kėdainiai |
| Elderships[1] | List |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Valentinas Tamulis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,677 km2 (647 sq mi) |
| • Water | 42 km2 (16 sq mi) 2.5% |
| • Forest | 397 km2 (153 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 46,382 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Telephone code | 347 |
| ISO 3166 code | LT-18 |
| Major settlements |
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| Website | www |
Structure
Kėdainiai District Municipality is divided into:
- 1 city: Kėdainiai;
- 10 towns: Akademija, Kėdainiai, Dotnuva, Gudžiūnai, Josvainiai, Krakės, Pagiriai, Pernarava, Surviliškis, Šėta and Truskava;
- 11 elderships:[4]
| Coat of arms | Eldership | Administrative Center | Area | Population (2021) |
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 | Dotnuva | Dotnuva | 138 km2 (34,100.54 acres; 53.28 sq mi) | 4,006 |
 | Gudžiūnai | Gudžiūnai | 93.5 km2 (23,104.35 acres; 36.10 sq mi) | 1,292 |
 | Josvainiai | Josvainiai | 185 km2 (45,714.50 acres; 71.43 sq mi) | 2,699 |
| | Kedainiai City | Kėdainiai | 44 km2 (10,872.64 acres; 16.99 sq mi) | 24,547 |
 | Krakės | Krakės | 164 km2 (40,525.28 acres; 63.32 sq mi) | 2,314 |
| Pelėdnagiai | Pelėdnagiai | 141 km2 (34,841.86 acres; 54.44 sq mi) | 3,467 | |
 | Pernarava | Pernarava | 114.7 km2 (28,342.99 acres; 44.29 sq mi) | 1,093 |
 | Surviliškis | Surviliškis | 83 km2 (20,509.75 acres; 32.05 sq mi) | 1,277 |
 | Šėta | Šėta | 130 km2 (32,123.70 acres; 50.19 sq mi) | 1,628 |
| Truskava | Pavermenys | 130 km2 (32,123.70 acres; 50.19 sq mi) | 969 | |
| Vilainiai | Vilainiai | 179 km2 (44,231.86 acres; 69.11 sq mi) | 3,090 |
- 534 villages.
Population
Ethnic composition
Ethnic composition of Kėdainiai District Municipality according to the 2011 census:[5]
- Lithuanians – 95.78% (51,777);
- Russians – 2.17% (1,171);
- Poles – 0.61% (329);
- Ukrainians – 0.28% (150);
- Belarusians – 0.26% (139);
- Romani – 0.07% (40);
- Germans – 0.03% (17);
- Others – 0.8% (434).
Largest settlements
Largest cities or towns in Kėdainiai District Municipality 2011 Lithuanian Census | |||||||||
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| Rank | Eldership | Pop. | |||||||
 Kėdainiai  Vilainiai | 1 | Kėdainiai | Kėdainiai City Eldership | 26648 |  Josvainiai  Pelėdnagiai | ||||
| 2 | Vilainiai | Vilainiai Eldership | 1330 | ||||||
| 3 | Josvainiai | Josvainiai Eldership | 1057 | ||||||
| 4 | Pelėdnagiai | Pelėdnagiai Eldership | 1016 | ||||||
| 5 | Šėta | Šėta Eldership | 935 | ||||||
| 6 | Vainotiškiai | Dotnuva Eldership | 909 | ||||||
| 7 | Krakės | Krakės Eldership | 841 | ||||||
| 8 | Akademija | Dotnuva Eldership | 752 | ||||||
| 9 | Labūnava | Pelėdnagiai Eldership | 747 | ||||||
| 10 | Dotnuva | Dotnuva Eldership | 687 | ||||||
References
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