Lithuania Unitary state

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a unitary state in Northern Europe. It has a population of 2,847,900 (2016).
Lithuania has only one tier of local government: municipalities (savivaldybė).

Markers

STATE STRUCTURE:

Unitary

CURRENCY:

Euro (EUR)

VOTE

Non-compulsory

11

SEATS AT THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Ratification of the European Charter
of Local Self-Government in 1999

60

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (IN 2016)
CAPITAL CITY:

Vilnius
POPULATION:

2 847 900
GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE:

65 300 km2
MEMBER STATE

EU since 2004
Council of Europe since 1993

9

SEATS AT THE COMMITTEE
OF REGIONS

1

LEVEL OF SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS

Evolution

NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES*

* Dates of CEMR publications