Vilnius Region is the territory in the present-day Lithuania and Belarus that was originally inhabited by ethnic Baltic tribes and was a part of Lithuania proper, but came under East Slavic and Polish cultural influences over time.
Molėtai is a town in north eastern Lithuania surrounded by lakes. One of the oldest settlements in Lithuania, it is a popular resort for the inhabitants of Vilnius. According to the 2013 census, it had 6,302 inhabitants.
Perloja is a village in Varėna district, Lithuania. It is situated 19 km (12 mi) to the west from Varėna on the banks of Merkys River and on the Vilnius–Druskininkai road. The village is known for the so-called Republic of Perloja, an independent micronation that was established in the aftermath of World War I and existed until 1923. According to the 2001 census, it had 774 inhabitants.
Žirmūnai (pronounced [ʑɪrˈmuːnɐi] is the most populous administrative division in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name, built in the 1960s.
Migonys is a village in the Kupiškis district municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, it had 106 inhabitants. The village celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1924. There is a hill-fort and 36 tumuli in the vicinity of the village.
The Vilna Governorate or Government of Vilnius was a governorate of the Russian Empire created after the Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795. It was part of the Lithuanian General Governorate, which was called the Vilnius General Governorate after 1830, and was attached to the Northwestern Krai. The seat was in Vilnius, where the Governors General resided.
Bezdonys is a town in Lithuania, located to the north of Vilnius, within the Vilnius district municipality. It is best known for the 1908 Bezdany raid, one of the most daring and successful train robberies in history. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town had 743 inhabitants.
Žilinai is a village in Jakėnų eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. As of the 2011 census, the population was 392.
Buivydiškės is a village in Vilnius district municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, it had 1,314 residents. Buivydiškės Manor was first mentioned in 1593. The village has a technical school for agronomy and zootechnics, established in 1961. The school helped the village to grow from 190 residents in 1959 to 1,265 in 1970. Buivydiškės became a suburb of expanding Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. In 1996, part of the settlement was transferred to Vilnius city municipality.
Saugūniškės is a village in Vilnius district municipality, in Vilnius County, in eastern Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, it has 8 inhabitants.
Didžioji Riešė [dʲɪ'd͡ʒʲɪoːjɪ rʲɪe'ʃʲeː] is a village in Riešė eldership, Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Vilnius, on the road Vilnius–Molėtai. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 2,520. That was an increase from the 2001 census which recorded the population of 1,142.
Poškonys [poʃ'koːnʲiːs] is a village in Vilnius County, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) southeast of Šalčininkai, Lithuania, in the so-called Dieveniškės appendix. While the inhabitants of Dieveniškės appendix are mostly Polish by ethnicity, Poškonys from the old days had a Lithuanian majority. The village itself belongs to ethno-cultural reserve and has an architectural monument status. There's a museum full of traditional Lithuanian craft, various household items, and a protected stone at the crossroad of Lastaučikai village. The 2011 census recorded a population of 129 living in Poškonys.
Riešė is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, it had population of 1,234, up from 419 in 1989. According to the estimates of the Avižieniai eldership, it had population of 1,707. Riešė together with adjacent villages is one of the fastest growing localities in the vicinity of Vilnius because of suburbanisation.
Dūkštos is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 311 people, up from 164 in 1979.
Žilinėliai is a village in Jakėnai Eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. As of the 2011 census, the population was 20.
Vergakiemis is a village in Jakėnai Eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. As of the 2011 census, the population was 34.
