Visaginas Municipality
Visagino savivaldybė | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Map of Visaginas Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 55°35′12″N 26°30′31″E / 55.58667°N 26.50861°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Utena County |
| Administrative centre | Visaginas |
| Settlements | 18[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 58th |
| Population (2021[3]) | |
| • Total | 19,633 |
| • Rank | 43rd |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th |
| Telephone code | 386 |
| Major settlements | Visaginas (pop. 19,260)[4] |
| Website | www |
The Visaginas Municipality (Lithuanian: Visagino savivaldybė) is one of the 60 municipalities of Lithuania, situated in the north-east of the country. It consists of the city of Visaginas (administrative centre of the municipality), 16 villages (kaimai) and one farmstead (viensėdis).
It has significant Russian minority population in Lithuania, with half of the population claiming Russian ethnicity.[5]
Visaginas is famous for the now-decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant located here.
- ^ (in Lithuanian) Address register of Lithuania
- ^ Demographic Yearbook Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine stat.gov.lt
- ^ "Būsena (Status)" (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Visagine auga nuolatinių gyventojų skaičius! | Visagino savivaldybė".
- ^ "Tautinių mažumų departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės".