Marijampolė Municipality

Marijampolė Municipality Marijampolės savivaldybė
Municipality
Wetlands and Leciškiai lake Wetlands and Leciškiai lake
Coat of arms
Location of Marijampolė municipality within Lithuania Location of Marijampolė municipality within Lithuania
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Suvalkija
County	Marijampolė County
Capital	Marijampolė
Elderships	6
Government
• Mayor	Vidmantas Brazys
• Ruling party	Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
• Council size	27 members
Area
• Total	755 km2 (292 sq mi)
Area rank	44th
Population (2001 census)
• Total	70,900
• Rank	9th
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
• Density rank	9th
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Telephone code	343
Major settlements	Marijampolė (pop. 48,675) Liudvinavas (pop. 1,180) Igliauka (pop. 1,091)
Website	www.marijampole.lt

Marijampolė Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

Marijampolė has a City Council with 27 members. The members of the City Council represent different Lithuanian political parties.

The Marijampolė Municipality is adjacent to the Vilkaviškis District Municipality in the west, Kazlų Rūda Municipality in the north, Kalvarija Municipality in the south, and the Prienai District Municipality and Alytus District Municipality in the east.

The town of Marijampolė and its 6 surrounding communities make up the territory of Marijampolė Municipality. They are: Gudeliai, Igliauka, Liudvinavas, Marijampolė, Sasnava, and Šunskai communities. Marijampolė Municipality covers 755 square kilometres (292 sq mi) of land; 72% of which is an agricultural area, 12.3% is covered by forests; 4.2% – towns and villages, 2% – industrial enterprises and roads, and 6.9% – area used for other purposes.