Visaginas Municipality
Visagino savivaldybė | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 A sketch of Visaginas Municipality | |
  Visaginas Municipality  Visaginas Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 55°35′53″N 26°26′17″E / 55.598°N 26.438°E / 55.598; 26.438 | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Utena County |
| Established | 1994 |
| 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 a municipality of Lithuania, situated in the north-east of the country. It consists of the city of Visaginas (administrative centre of the municipality), 20 villages (kaimai) and one farmstead (viensėdis).
It has significant Russian minority population in Lithuania, with 47,36% of the population claiming Russian ethnicity as of 2025.[5]
Geography
Visaginas is known for the now-decommissioned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant located here, by the Drūkšiai lake. Another major lake in the municipality is Visaginas.
Most of the villages of Visaginas are underpopulated. According to the 2021 Lithuanian census, only 7 villages had population at least 3: Ažukalviškė (5), Juliškė (25), Kalviškiai (7), Karlos (21), Lapušiškė (12), Magūnai (78), Tumelina(33).[6]
History
The municipality was formally established on 19 July 1994 as the Visaginas City Municipality (Visagino miesto savivaldybė) and came into actual existence following the local election on 25 March 1995. Initially the municipality was composed only of the city of Visaginas, but on 1 January 2003 its area was expanded by absorbing a part of the Ignalina District Municipality, and the Visaginas City Municipality was renamed to what it is known as now.[7]
References
- (in Lithuanian) Address register of Lithuania
- Demographic Yearbook Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine stat.gov.lt
- "Būsena (Status)" (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- "Visagine auga nuolatinių gyventojų skaičius! | Visagino savivaldybė".
- "Tautinių mažumų departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės".
- Gyventojų ir būstų surašymai (Population and housing censuses)
- (in Lithuanian) Law on the alteration of the borders of territories of the Visaginas City and Ignalina District municipalities