150,700 hectares, of which 59,94 % are agricultural lands, 36,1 % - forests, 2,32 % - towns and residential areas, 1,53 % - industrial companies and roads, and 2,52 % - areas and of other designation.

46,600 inhabitants, of who 37,2 % reside in towns and 62,8 % - in rural areas. Of the total, 47,5 % - men, and 52,5 % - women. Ethnic descent: 99 % are Lithuanian, 0,6 % - Russian, 0,1 % - Polish, 0,3 - of other descents.

11 sub districts, 21 post offices, a bus station, 2 river wharves, a tourist information center, a hotel, 7 pre-schools, 2 a kindergarten-school, 15 elementary schools, 11 schools of basic education, 13 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a youth school, a special school, a school of agriculture, 59 cultural institutions, 13 Catholic churches, 3 houses of worship of other confession, 2 museums, 28 libraries, 30 archeological, historical, and cultural monuments, a theatre, a sport center, 31 health care facilities, 10 state owned companies, 19 public stock companies, 132 closed stock companies, 1,317 individually owned companies, 30 agricultural enterprises, and 7 companies of other status.