Vilnius
Capital and largest city of Lithuania
Also known as Viļņa · Vilnia · Vilno · Vilnyus · Vilnė · Viĺnia
- Country
- Lithuania(since 1990)
1
- , Soviet Union(1944–1990)
- , Reichskommissariat Ostland(1941–1944)
- +13 more
- Lithuania(since 1990)
- Located in
- Vilnius City Municipality(since 1995)
- , Vilensky Uyezd(1795–1920)
- , Republic of Central Lithuania(1920–1922)
- +8 more
- Population
- 619,405(July 1, 2026)
- , 581,475(January 1, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the yearRetrieved 2023-02-12
- , 552,787(January 1, 2022)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Resident population by city / town at the beginning of the yearRetrieved 2023-02-12
- +57 more
- Area
- 401 km²
- Elevation
- 112 m
- , 98 m
- Head of government
- Valdas Benkunskas(since 2023)
- , Remigijus Šimašius(2015–2023)
- , Artūras Zuokas(2011–2015)
- +5 more
- Founded
- 13th century
- Postal code
- 01001
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
372 statements · 32% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Astana
- Aalborg(since 1979)
- Brussels(since 2004)
- Bratislava
- Budapest(since 1991)
- Chicago(since 1993)
- Chișinău(since 2012)
- Dnipro(since 1998)
4
Sources- 1.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai
- 2.vilnius.lt/lt/tarptautinis-bendradarbiavimas/
- 3.oblrada.dp.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%94%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96_08-08-min.pdf
- 4.dniprorada.gov.ua/uk/articles/item/9756/u-dnipropetrovska-zjavilos-dva-novih-mistapobratima-solnok-ta-zugdidi
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- Donetsk(since 1996)
- Duisburg(since 1985)
- Dublin(since 2005)
- Edinburgh(since 1994)
- Erfurt(since 1972)
- Gdańsk(since 1998)
- Guangzhou(since 2006)
- Istanbul
- Joensuu(since 1970)
- Kyiv(since 1991)
4
Sources- 1.old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdf
- 2.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai
- 3.kyivcity.gov.ua/kyiv_ta_miska_vlada/pro_kyiv/mista-pobratimi_z_yakimi_kiyevom_pidpisani_dokumenti_pro_poridnennya_druzhbu_spivrobitnitstvo_partnerstvo/
- 4.vilnius.lt/lt/tarptautinis-bendradarbiavimas/
- Kraków(since 1991)
6
Sources- 1.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai
- 2.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/2531,miasto,31,0,otwarty_na_swiat.html
- 3.vilnius.lt/lt/tarptautinis-bendradarbiavimas/
- 4.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/2531,kat,0,5,city.html
- 5.bip.krakow.pl/?sub_dok_id=1060
- 6.bip.krakow.pl/?sub_dok_id=887&vReg=1
- Łódź(since 1991)
- Ljubljana
- Lviv(since 2014)
- Madison(since 1989)
- Nicosia
- Oslo(since 1991)
- Palermo
- Pavia
- Piraeus(since 1997)
- Prague
- Reykjavík(since 2006)
- Riga(since 2005)
- Salzburg(since 1991)
5
Sources- 1.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai
- 2.stadt-salzburg.at/internet/wirtschaft_umwelt/wirtschaft_gewerbe/staedtepartner_333065/partnerstadt_vilnius_170979.htm
- 3.stadt-salzburg.at/fileadmin/landingpages/kultur/kulturberichte/kulturbericht_2003_00134640.pdf
- 4.vilnius.lt/lt/tarptautinis-bendradarbiavimas/
- 5.stadt-salzburg.at/index.php?id=61804
- Stockholm Municipality(since 1996)
- Strasbourg(since 2003)
- Taipei(since 1998)
- Tallinn(since 2005)
- Tbilisi(since 2009)
5
Sources- 1.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai
- 2.tbilisi.gov.ge/img/original/2018/6/12/tbilisiinfigures.pdf
- 3.vilnius.lt/lt/tarptautinis-bendradarbiavimas/
- 4.tbilisi.gov.ge/img/original/2024/4/22/%E1%83%97%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98_-_2023.pdf
- 5.economicforum.ge/img/original/2024/5/29/%E1%83%97%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98-Print-21.09.23.pdf
- Tirana
- Toronto
- Valletta
- Warsaw(since 1998)
- Almaty(since 1998)
- Patras
- Wrocław(since 2014)
- Bila Tserkva(since 2011)
- Minsk
- Villeurbanne(since 2011)
- Shenzhen(since 2017)
- Milan(since 2004)
- Mariupol(since 2023)
- Lublin(since 2019)
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Sources- 1.vilnius.lt/lt/tarptautinis-bendradarbiavimas/
- 2.lublin.eu/lublin/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa/miasta-partnerskie-i-zaprzyjaznione/wilno-litwa-miasto-zaprzyjaznione,10806,w.html
- 3.lublin.eu/lublin/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa/miasta-partnerskie-i-zaprzyjaznione/3,strona.html
- Toruń(since 2016)
- General San Martín(since 2011)
- Kherson(since 2012)
- Borodianka(since 2023)
- Belgrade(since 2010)
- Moscow(until 2022)
- Saint Petersburg(2006–2022)
4
Sources- 1.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai
- 2.kvs.gov.spb.ru/en/agreements/
- 3.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/lietuva/vilniaus-politikai-spres-del-paramos-ukrainai-didvyriu-gatves-prie-rusijos-ambasados-56-1651430
- 4.en.kaunas.lt/news/kaunas-has-canceled-the-cooperation-with-two-russian-cities-and-will-pass-the-ambulances-to-ukraine
- Kaliningrad(2000–2022)
- Nizhny Novgorod(until 2022)
- Capital of
- Official name
- Vilnius
- Вильна(until 1918)
- Вильно(1922–1939)
- Вильнюс(since 1939)
- Vilnius(until 1922)
- Wilno(1922–1939)
- Вильнюс(1918–1922)
- Native label
- Vilnius
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- Vilnius
- Motto text
- Unitas, Iustitia, Spes
- Demonym
- Vilnois applies to part: masculine singular
- Vilnoise applies to part: feminine singular
- вільнюсець applies to part: masculine singular
- вільнюска applies to part: feminine singular
- Vilenčan applies to part: masculine singular
- Vilenčanka applies to part: feminine singular
- віленец applies to part: masculine singular
- вілянчук applies to part: masculine singular
- Different from
- Wilno criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Wilno
- Vilnius criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Vilnius
- Vilna criterion used: toponym is not unique · applies to name of subject: Vilna
- Related category
- Category:Vilnius-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Present in work
- Civilization V subject has role: City-state
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 1,128,585(November 27, 2025) youtube channel id: UCRiA1g5YC2GK5ex3VFRx7nQ · youtube handle: vilniusvideo
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- 1,128,585(November 27, 2025) youtube channel id: UCRiA1g5YC2GK5ex3VFRx7nQ · youtube handle: vilniusvideo
On other databases
116 identifiers linking Vilnius across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:1903
- ArchINFORM location ID1230
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinevilnius-1
- BabelNet ID00015569n
- BBC News topic IDcgv66rrqm8pt
- BBC Things ID809dd9f0-e05f-447a-bec7-46351808647d
- BHCL UUID4957de75-b8a0-4c82-8fc2-24938886105c
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID119367972
- BNMM authority ID000049992
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDvilnius
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12006597
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00015961
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Lithuania/Localities/Vilnius/
- De Agostini IDVilnius
- Domain namevilnius.lt
- DPLA subject termVilnius
- Early Modern Letters Online location IDf5051cff-3f92-4f29-a0de-1a8d08c39462
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Vilnius
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDvilnius-vilnious-wilno
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID236073
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1C8XzT
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)562685
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID34583
- Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine IDVilnius_mst
- Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID3f6f
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ36
- Facebook location ID101877916520606
- Facebook usernamevilnius.lt
- FactGrid item IDQ92946
- FAST ID1223003
- Freebase ID/m/07_kq
- GeoNames ID593116
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7006521
- GitHub topicvilnius
- GND ID5057560-0
- Golden ID (archived)Vilnius
- Google Maps Customer ID288460777271712832
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRGRmYTNFU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDvilnius
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0071139
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDVilnius
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)3800308
- Grove Art Online IDT089705
- Hikr waypoint ID18341
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID64679
- IdRef ID027294595
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ216
- Instagram location ID214313061
- Instagram usernamei_am_vilnius
- Interlingual Index IDi84040
- J9U entity ID987007552694905171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID14934
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)10920
- JewishGen Locality ID2620663
- Klexikon article IDVilnius
- KSW place ID87551
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID2726
- Le Figaro tag IDVilnius
- Lex IDVilnius
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn82166208
- Libris-URI0xbddj1j5029qhl
- LinkedIn company or organization IDvilnius-city-municipality
- Museum-digital place ID1681
- MusicBrainz area IDcadab571-5d70-45d7-9e1d-843f6cb78bb5
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/8CFFD2B5-CE50-4B80-BFCA-2F56C427B8A7
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000996464
- National Library of Latvia ID000020917
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:V*15954;=BK
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810550911305606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX456719
- NE.se IDvilnius
- NL CR AUT IDge131297
- NSK (VIAF) ID000347668
- NSK ID981005803625409366
- OBO Gazetteer ID00011264
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning361908
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3996406
- OpenStreetMap node ID27193093
- OpenStreetMap relation ID1529146
- OpenWeatherMap city ID593116
- Pinakes city ID706
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID50240
- Provenio UUID00377a83-ef2d-4148-a0e3-54868e9b75b1
- Quora topic IDVilnius-Lithuania
- RKD thesaurus ID6395
- SBN place IDBVEL003644
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID3017
- SELIBR ID162466
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) IDvtls001596359
- SNARC IDQ1528