Vilnius District Municipality

Vilnius District Municipality () is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital city of Vilnius on 3 sides, while the rest borders the Trakai District Municipality.
At the 2011 Census, Poles amounted to 52.07% out of 95,348 inhabitants. 32.47% were Lithuanians, 8.01% Russians, 4.17% Belarusians, 0.65% Ukrainians and 0.11% Jews. Population grew to 106,957 in January 2021 because of migration of Vilnius citizens to the suburbs.
History.
Vilnius district municipality is situated in the territory what was once Baltic East Lithuanian Barrow Culture (c. 3/4th–11/12th century AD) and numerous archaeological sites from this period are situated within its borders. During the formation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, major part of what is now Vilnius district municipality was the nucleus of Lietuva Duchy (the land – Lietuva), while the territory to the North of Maišiagala belonged to Neris land. There are some evidences, that Bukiškis just North of Vilnius, which historic name was Gedvydžiai could be associated with Duke Gedvydas and through this link – with Mindaugas. According to Jan Długosz, the pagan ruler of Lithuania Algirdas was cremated in Kukaveitis sacred forest near Maišiagala, after his death in Maišiagala castle in 1377. Nemenčinė (1338), Maišiagala (1254, 1365), Medininkai (1387) known from written sources from the 13th-14th centuries, were among the oldest settlements in Lithuania. These were trade and defense centers with castles as well as religious centers – after the Christianization of Lithuania, early churches were built here. As Vilnius was the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the territory around the city was forming the very center of the state, so called Lithuania proper. It was the major part of a much larger Vilnius Duchy and later – Vilnius Voivodeship. After the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Vilna Governorate was formed and Vilensky Uyezd occupied all of what is now Vilnius district municipality. When Vilnius and its suburbs in 1923 were incorporated into Interwar Poland, what is now Vilnius district municipality was the core of Powiat wileńsko-trocki. After the World War II, Vilnius district municipality was formed. Initially small Vilnius district (938 km²) was soon significantly enlarged, absorbing Naujoji Vilnia district (in 1959) and Nemenčinė district (in 1962), parts of Ukmergė district, but transferring some smaller administrative territories to Molėtai district and Švenčionys district, including Pabradė (in 1962). After 1962 (then 2313 km²), there were only minor administrative reforms, attaching some territories from Vilnius district municipality (now 2129 km²) to Vilnius city. In March 1987 Pašilaičiai, Fabijoniškės, Kelmija, Raisteliai villages and parts of Pavilionys, Baltoji Vokė, Prašiškės, Bajorai, Buivydiškės, Grigaičiai, Vanaginė villages were attached to Vilnius city. Almost all of the municipality belongs to Vilnius urban belt, forming suburban environs of the capital city.
Elderships.
The municipality is divided into 23 elderships:
Structure.
District structure. 
Largest residential areas by population (2011): 
International relations.
Twin towns — Sister cities.
Vilnius District Municipality is twinned with: