Region Facts
The territory of the region is 906 km2. ÃÂirvintos and 5 small towns ÃÂ BagaslaviÃÂkis, ČiobiÃÂkis, Gelvonai, Kernavė, Musninkai and 485 villages are in the region. Forests occupy 27.7 % of the whole regionÃÂs territory. The biggest rivers of the region are Neris, ÃÂirvinta and Musė. There are 28 lakes, the biggest is Alys (165 ha) and the deepest is Gelvė (25 m). On the territory of the region are KernaveÃÂs landscape reservation and botanical reserves for growing cranberries in Alionys, BartkuÃÂkis and Lygaraistis, 6 parks and 2 nature monuments (Larch in StaÃÂkiūniÃÂkiai and the stone with a ÃÂdevilÃÂs footprintÃÂ in Dūdai). Also there are 50 archeological monuments, 16 architectural monuments, 15 historical monuments and 78 art monuments, 18 manor houses with gardens. By the population census of 2001 in the region live 20,207 people: 9,545 men and 10,662 women.
In the towns live 7,273 people, in the villages live 12,934 people.
There are 4,982 people of retirement age: 3,433 women and 1,549 men.
Working people are 11,186.
52% of all working people work in state institutions.
Official Links
ÃÂirvintos Region official page
