Kaunas city municipality

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Kauno miesto savivaldybė
Kaunas city municipality location
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Country	Lithuania
Cultural region	Aukštaitija
County	Kaunas County
Capital	Kaunas
Major settlements	Kaunas (pop. )
Elderships	11
Area
– Total	157 km² (61 sq mi)
– Rank
Population (2007)
– Total	358 107
– Rank (total)	52
– Density	2318,8/km²
– Rank (density)	2
Government
– Ruling party	Homeland Union
– Mayor	Andrius Kupčinskas
– Council size	41
Area code(s)	+370 37
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Official website: http://www.kaunas.lt/196

Kaunas city municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.

[edit] Municipality council

Kaunas city municipality council is the governing body of the Kaunas city municipality. It is responsible for municipality laws. The council is composed of 41 member elected for four-year terms.

The council is the member of The Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania.

[edit] Mayors

• 1990–1991 – Vidmantas Adomonis
• 1991–1992 – Vilimas Čiurinskas
• 1992–1995 – Arimantas Račkauskas
• 1995 – Rimantas Tumosa
• 1995-1997 – Vladas Katkevičius
• 1997 – Alfonsas Andriuškevičius
• 1997-2000 - Henrikas Tamulis
• 2000 – Vytautas Šustauskas
• 2000 – Gediminas Budnikas
• 2001–2002 – Erikas Tamašauskas
• 2002–2003 – Giedrius Donatas Ašmys
• 2003–2007^? – Arvydas Garbaravičius
• since 2007 – Andrius Kupčinskas

[edit] Elderates

There are 11 elderates in Kaunas city.

• Aleksotas elderate
• Centras elderate
• Dainava elderate
• Eiguliai elderate
• Gričiupis elderate
• Panemunė elderate
• Petrašiūnai elderate
• Šančiai elderate
• Šilainiai elderate
• Vilijampolė elderate
• Žaliakalnis elderate

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