Marijampolė County
Marijampolė County
Marijampolės apskritis | |
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.jpg) Marijampolė, the largest city in county | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Marijampolė County | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Administrative centre | Marijampolė |
| Municipalities | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,466 km2 (1,724 sq mi) |
| (6.8% of the area of Lithuania) | |
| Population (2016-01-20) | |
| • Total | 136,671 |
| • Rank | 6th of 10 (5.4% of the population of Lithuania) |
| • Density | 31/km2 (79/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €2.0 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | LT-MR |
| HDI (2018) | 0.825[2] very high · 8th |
| Highways |    |
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Marijampolė County (Lithuanian: Marijampolės apskritis) is one of the ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the southwest of the country and roughly corresponds to the historical region of Sudovia. Its capital and the largest town is Marijampolė. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished,[3] and since that date, Marijampolė County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.
It borders the Tauragė County in the north, Kaunas County and Alytus County in the east, Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland in the south and Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia in the east.
History[edit]
The county includes part of the ancient Sudovian lands that later became known as the Suwalki Governorate. After the long fights with the Teutonic Order in the late 13th - 14th centuries, most of the old inhabitants of Sudovia were decimated and the land was ravaged. Sudovia began to recover in the late 15th century, when settlers from various parts of Grand Duchy of Lithuania began to occupy former Sudovian lands. The close proximity to Poland and Prussia allowed the new settlers to establish close trade links.[4]
After the fall of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, Sudovia became part of Prussia. The former established the Marijampolė County, which was initially called Starapolė-Senapilė County.
In the 19th century, the region was transferred to Congress Poland, which was under Russian rule. Sudovia came under Lithuanian administration only after World War I, after the collapse of the Russian Empire and the withdrawal of the occupying German army. During the Nazi occupation in 1941-1944, it was part of the Kaunas Regional District. The county was abolished in 1950.
Marijampolė County was reconstituted in 1994 as an administrative-territorial unit comprising several municipalities. The coat of arms of Marijampolė County was adopted in 2004. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished and its functions were transferred to municipalities and ministries, while the county itself remained a territorial unit. [5]
Climate[edit]
Marijampolė County has a Warm Summer Continental or Hemiboreal climate (Dfb) according to the Köppen climate classification system, which is characterized by warm to hot (and often humid) summers and long and frosty winters. The region is one of the warmest in Lithuania, with the average temperature in July being 18.5 °C (65 °F). The average temperature in a year is 7.5 °C (46 °F).
| Climate data for Kybartai | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12 (54) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24 (75) |
30 (86) |
33.4 (92.1) |
34.7 (94.5) |
32 (90) |
28 (82) |
26 (79) |
18 (64) |
11 (52) |
34.7 (94.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13 (55) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18 (64) |
13.3 (55.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34 (−29) |
−25 (−13) |
−23 (−9) |
−7 (19) |
−3 (27) |
1 (34) |
5 (41) |
2 (36) |
−4 (25) |
−10 (14) |
−16 (3) |
−26 (−15) |
−34 (−29) |
| Source: Lietuvos hidrometeorologijos tarnyba [6] | |||||||||||||
Subdivisions[edit]
Marijampolė County is divided into 5 municipalities which are further divided into 42 elderships (seniūnija). The largest municipality is Šakiai District Municipality, while the most populous is Marijampolė Municipality.
The municipalities are listed in the following table (in alphabetical order).
| Municipality | Population (2021)[7] |
Area (km2) |
Seat | Other towns | Total seniūnijas |
 Kalvarija Municipality
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9,927 | 440 | Kalvarija | Jungėnai, Sangrūda, Liubavas | 4 |
.svg){kind=small} Kazlų Rūda Municipality
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11,054 | 555 | Kazlų Rūda | Antanavas, Jūrė, Bagotoji | 4 |
 Marijampolė Municipality
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54,846 | 755 | Marijampolė | Puskelniai, Liudvinavas, Igliauka | 8 |
 Šakiai District Municipality
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26,931 | 1,453 | Šakiai | Gelgaudiškis, Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lukšiai | 14 |
 Vilkaviškis District Municipality
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35,368 | 1,259 | Vilkaviškis | Kybartai, Pilviškiai, Virbalis | 12 |
Cities[edit]
Education[edit]
The chief and only university of the county is Marijampolė University of Applied Sciences. While Marijampolė Vocational Training Centre is the chief vocational school in the region.
Gallery[edit]
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Gymnasium in Marijampolė -
Town Hall in Kazlų Rūda -
Holy Name of Mary church in Kalvarija
References[edit]
- ^ "BENDRASIS VIDAUS PRODUKTAS PAGAL APSKRITIS 2022 M." osp.stat.gov.lt.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Dėl apskričių viršininkų administracijų likvidavimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Povilaitis, Vitas. "Marijampolės apskritis". lietuvai.lt. Enciklopedija Lietuvai ir pasauliui (ELIP). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Marijampolės apskritis". vle.lt. LNB Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Klimato duomenys". Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "2021 m. gyventojų ir būstų surašymas" (PDF), osp.stat.gov.lt
External links[edit]
- Social and demographic characteristics of Marijampolė County
- Economy of Marijampolė County
- Environment of Marijampolė County
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