Marijampolė Municipality () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Marijampolė County, south-western
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. Its administrative seat and largest town is
Marijampolė.
It borders
Lazdijai District Municipality
Lazdijai District Municipality () is a municipality in Alytus County, Lithuania.
Seniūnijos (Elderships or Wards)
The Lazdijai district municipality contains 14 ''seniūnijos'' (in English: elderships of Lithuania, elderships or ward (countr ...
and
Alytus District Municipality to the south-east,
Prienai District Municipality to the east,
Vilkaviškis District Municipality
Vilkaviškis () is a city in southwestern Lithuania, the administrative center of the Vilkaviškis District Municipality. It is located northwest from Marijampolė, at the confluence of and rivers.
The city got its name from the Vilkauja ...
to the west,
Kazlų Rūda Municipality to the north and
Kalvarija Municipality to the south.
Marijampolė Municipality was established in 2000 after the territorial administrative reform, which abolished the Marijampolė District Municipality.
Marijampolė has a City Council with 27 members. The members of the City Council represent different Lithuanian political parties.
The town of
Marijampolė and its 6 surrounding elderships make up the territory of Marijampolė Municipality. They are: Gudeliai, Igliauka, Liudvinavas, Marijampolė, Sasnava, and Šunskai communities. Marijampolė Municipality covers of land; 72% of which is an agricultural area, 12.3% is covered by forests; 4.2% – towns and villages, 2% – industrial enterprises and roads, and 6.9% – area used for other purposes.
References
Municipalities of Lithuania
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