Taurage

TAURAGE REGION

Territory

117,900 hectares, of which 52,75 % are agricultural lands, 35,19 % - forests, 1,61 % - water bodies, 2,12 % - towns and residential areas, 1,44 % - industrial companies and roads, and 6,89 % - areas of other designation.

Population

55,860 inhabitants. Ethnic descent: 97 % are Lithuanian, 1,8 % - Russian, 1,2 % - of other descents.

Region facilities

8 sub districts, a bus station, a railway junction, 5 pre-schools, 22 elementary schools, 12 schools of basic education, 11 secondary schools, a special school, a school of agriculture, 18 cultural institutions, 11 Catholic churches, a museum, a sports center, 28 health care facilities, 25 public stock companies, 113 closed stock companies, 1,105 individually owned companies, 45 agricultural enterprises, and 29 companies of other status.

From the “Acquaintance with Lithuania. Book of the Millennium“. Vilnius, 1999.

Coat of Arms of Taurage