Molėtai district municipality
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| Molėtų rajono savivaldybė | |||||
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| Location | |||||
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | ||||
| Counties of Lithuania>County | Utena County | ||||
| General information | |||||
| Capital | Molėtai | ||||
| Major settlements | Molėtai (pop. 7,221) ? | ||||
| Elderate>Number of elderates | 11 | ||||
| Area (rank) | 22nd) | ||||
| Population (rank) | 49th) | ||||
| Population density>Pop. density (rank) | 56th) | ||||
| Telephone code | 383 | ||||
| Official website | http://www.moletai.lt | ||||
| Population sizes are given according to the 2001 census data | |||||
| Politics | |||||
| Ruling party | Lithuanian Christian Democrats | ||||
| Mayor | Valentinas Stundys | ||||
| Size of the Municipality councils in Lithuania>council | 21 members | ||||
| Map of Molėtai district municipality | |||||
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Molėtai district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
Molėtai is known for its lakes. There are about 220 lakes in the district and they cover about 7% of the total teritory. Since it is only about 60 km north of Vilnius, the capital city, many Vilnians go there to rest and own summer houses. It is easy to reach Molėtai because there is a highway connecting Vilnius and Utena which divides the district in almost two equal parts. Since there is little industry, the district is proud of clean natural resources. The land is not very fertile, thus now the district's government is focussed to develop tourism industry.
Another treasure of the district is forests which cover about 26.6% of the teritory.
| Municipalities of Lithuania | |
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| District municipalities: | Akmenė | Alytus | Anykščiai | Biržai | Ignalina | Jonava | Joniškis | Jurbarkas | Kaišiadorys | Kaunas | Kėdainiai | Kelmė | Klaipėda | Kretinga | Kupiškis | Lazdijai | Mažeikiai | Molėtai | Pakruojis | Panevėžys | Pasvalys | Plungė | Prienai | Radviliškis | Raseiniai | Rokiškis | Skuodas | Šakiai | Šalčininkai | Šiauliai | Šilalė | Šilutė | Širvintos | Švenčionys | Tauragė | Telšiai | Trakai | Ukmergė | Utena | Varėna | Vilkaviškis | Vilnius | Zarasai |
| City municipalities: | Alytus | Kaunas | Klaipėda | Palanga | Panevėžys | Šiauliai | Vilnius | Visaginas |
| Municipalities: | Birštonas | Druskininkai | Elektrėnai | Kalvarija | Kazlų Rūda | Marijampolė | Neringa | Pagėgiai | Rietavas |
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