105,600 hectares, of which 57,774 % are agricultural lands, 30,4 % -
forests, 2,27 % - water bodies, 2,27 % - towns and residential areas, 1,99 % -
industrial companies and roads, and 5,3 % - areas of other designation.
39,200 inhabitants, of whom 62 % reside in towns and 38 % - in rural areas.
Of the total, 47,4 % are men and 52,6 % are women. Ethnic descent: 94 % are
Lithuanian, 4 % - Russian, 0,5 % - Polish, 0,5 % - Belo Russians, and 1 % -
other descents.
7 sub districts, 13 post offices, a bus station, 3 railway junctions, an
aerodrome, a hotel, 10 pre-schools, 12 elementary schools, 6 schools of basic
education, 8 secondary schools, 2 music schools, a special school, a school of
agriculture, 31 cultural centers, 10 Catholic churches, 2 houses of worship of
other confessions, 8 museums, 18 libraries, 230 archeological, historical, and
cultural monuments, a sports center, 23 health care facilities a theatre, 2
state owned companies, 17 public stock companies, 89 closed stock companies,
514 individually owned companies, 15 agricultural enterprises, and 120
companies of other status.
From the “Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the Millennium“.
Vilnius, 1999.
