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PANEVEZYS

Territory
3,000 hectares, of which 66.67% are buildings, 3.33% - roads, 16.7% - agricultural lands, 3.33% - areas of natural growth, 3.33% - water areas, and 6.67% - areas of other designation.

Population
133,000 inhabitants. Ethnic descent: 94% are Lithuanian, 4% - Russian, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Belorussian, and 1.4% - of other descents.

City facilities
7 post offices, a bus station, a railway station, railway junction, an aerodrome, 2 hotels, a motel, 26 pre-schools, 6 kindergarten-schools, an elementary schools, a school of basic education, 18 secondary schools, 2 gymnasiums, 2 special gymnasiums, an adult teaching centre, 5 vocational schools, 2 schools of agriculture, 3 colleges, a branch of Kaunas University of Technology, 18 cultural institutions, 4 Catholic churches, 3 houses of worship of other confessions, 4 museums, a public library and 7 branches, 13 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, 5 theatres, a sports centre, 15 health care facilities, 850 public and closed stock companies, 5,378 individually owned companies and companies of other status.

PANEVEZYS REGION

Territory
222,200 hectares, of which 56.79% are agricultural lands, 35.38% - forests, 4.82% - water areas, 2% - towns and residential areas, 0.8% - industrial companies and roads, and 0.21% - areas of other designation.

Population
43,450 inhabitants. Of the total, 48% are men, and 52% - women. Ethnic descent: 98% are Lithuanian, 1.2% - Russian, 0.8% - of other descents.

Region facilities
11 subdisdricts, 29 post offices, a railway junction, an aerodrome, a tourist information centre, a hotel, 12 pre-schools, a kindergarten-school, 24 elementary schools, 14 schools of basic education, 8 secondary schools, a special school, an institute of scientific research, 41 cultural institutions, 18 Catholic churches, 3 houses of worship of other confessions, 8 museums, 41 libraries, 135 archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, 12 sports centres, 44 health care facilities, 2 state owned companies, 8 public stock companies, 189 closed stock companies, 1,166 individually owned companies, 96 agricultural enterprises, and 17 companies of other status.

From: Acquaintance with Lithuania. BOOK OF THE MILLENIUM.-Volume One (The State).-K.-1999.

 

 


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