Ukmergė District Municipality

Ukmergė District Municipality Ukmergės rajono savivaldybė
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms Brandmark
Location of Ukmergė district municipality
Map of municipality
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
County	Vilnius County
Capital	Ukmergė
Elderships	List Deltuva Lyduokiai Pabaiskas Pivonija Siesikai Liaušiai Taujėnai Ukmergė Vepriai Vidiškiai Želva Žemaitkiemis
Area
• Total	1,395 km2 (539 sq mi)
Population  (2021[1])
• Total	34,553
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Major settlements	Ukmergė (pop. 20,154)
Website	www.ukmerge.lt

The Ukmergė District Municipality is a municipality in Vilnius County, Lithuania. The capital of the municipality is Ukmergė, the largest settlement and only city in the municipality. The entire municipality belongs to Aukštaitija ethnographic region.

There are 10 towns in Ukmergė municipality: Deltuva, Lyduokiai, Pabaiskas, Siesikai, Šešuoliai, Taujėnai, Vepriai, Vidiškiai, Želva and Žemaitkiemis. Ukmergė municipality shares the second place in Lithuania (with Radviliškis District Municipality) according to the number of towns. There are 612 villages in the municipality, of which 234 are full parishes.

Vepriai is the most populous town in the municipality and is a local tourism (notably rural tourism) center. Siesikai is best known for the 16th century Renaissance Siesikai (Daumantai) Castle near Siesikai Lake. Deltuva has been the centre of the important Deltuva Land at the emergence of the centralised Lithuanian State. The ruins of one of the first Calvinist churches in Lithuania (17th century, Renaissance style) are near Deltuva. Pabaiskas was established near the location where the Battle of Wiłkomierz between the armies led by Žygimantas Kęstutaitis and Švitrigaila took place on 1 September 1435.

The first president of the independent Lithuanian state Antanas Smetona was born in Užulėnis, now in Ukmergė District.

The eastern part of the municipality belongs to Aukštaitian Highlands [lt] and the western part is in the Nevėžis Plain.

Šventoji River is the largest river in the municipality and Širvinta River is the second. The other rivers are Siesartis, Mūša and Armona.

There are many Lakes in the Ukmergė District [lt]. Lake Lėnas [lt] is the largest lake (2.65 km²) and Lake Žirnajai [lt] is the deepest (average of 9.8 meters).

Woodlands cover about 29 percent of the district, swamps occupy 2.3 percent and 54.5 percent is an arable land.^[2]

• List of municipalities in Lithuania
• Subdivisions of Lithuania
• Counties of Lithuania

55°16′05″N 24°45′54″E / 55.26806°N 24.76500°E / 55.26806; 24.76500