Kaunas

Kaunas is the seicont lairgest ceety in Lithuanie, an haes historically been a leadin centre o Lithuanie economic, academic, an cultural life.

Kaunas
Ceety municipality
Top: Kaunas Castle Middle left: Hoose o Perkūnas, right: Kaunas ceety haw The 3rd row: Kaunas lagoon Bottom left: Vytautas the Great War Museum, right: Kirk o Saunt Michael the Archangel.
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Eik-name(s):  Laikinoji sostinė
Location o Kaunas
Coordinates: 54°54′N 23°56′E
Kintra	Lithuanie
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
Coonty	Kaunas Coonty
Municipality	Kaunas ceety municipality
Caipital o	Kaunas Coonty Kaunas ceety municipality Kaunas Destrict Municipality
First mentioned	1361
Granted city rights	1408
Boroughs	Leet Aleksotas Centras Dainava Eiguliai Gričiupis Panemunė Petrašiūnai Šančiai Šilainiai Vilijampolė Žaliakalnis
Area
• Ceety municipality	157 km2 (61 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Ceety municipality	311,148
• Metro	673,706 (Kaunas County)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	kaunas.lt

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceities in Lithuanie

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Kaunas is twinned wi:

Brno, Czech Republic Los Angeles, Californie, Unitit States Wrocław, Poland Łomża, Poland Trabzon, Turkey Myślibórz, Poland Tartu, Estonie

Tampere, Finland Odense, Denmark Grenoble, Fraunce, syne 1997 Linköping, Swaden Kharkiv, Ukraine Brescia, Italy Ferrara, Italy

Hordaland, Norawa Växjö, Swaden Cava dei Tirreni, Italy Tyumen, Roushie Xiamen, Cheenae Antignano, Italy

Freemit airtins

• Wabsteid o Kaunas ceety Archived 2012-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Travel guide tae Kaunas frae Wikivoyage
• Tourist Information Centre o Kaunas region