This is a list of municipalities in Lithuania which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
This is a list of municipalities in Lithuania which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Auce, Latvia Dobele, Latvia
Kalundborg, Denmark
Konin, Poland
Mariupol, Ukraine
Mukawa, Japan
Ölfus, Iceland
Rustavi, Georgia
Santa Susanna, Spain Shostka, Ukraine Skhidnytsia, Ukraine
Ungheni, Moldova
Viru-Nigula, Estonia Berdychiv, Ukraine
Botkyrka, Sweden Cēsis, Latvia Ełk, Poland
General San Martín, Argentina Giżycko County, Poland Kremenchuk, Ukraine Næstved, Denmark Opole, Poland Ostrołęka, Poland
Rochester, United States Suwałki, Poland
Vélizy-Villacoublay, France Aizkraukle, Latvia Bauska, Latvia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland Tczew, Poland Vecumnieki, Latvia
Werder, Germany Augustów, Poland Elbląg, Poland Strzelce Opolskie, Poland
Bruck an der Leitha District, Austria
Forlì, Italy Maardu, Estonia Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland Zhovkva Raion, Ukraine Büren, Germany
Østfold, Norway
Prachatice, Czech Republic Serock, Poland Děčín, Czech Republic Jõgeva, Estonia Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
Riihimäki, Finland
Pucioasa, Romania Smila, Ukraine Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova Zugdidi, Georgia Alūksne, Latvia Auce, Latvia Dobele, Latvia Jelgava Municipality, Latvia Konin, Poland Novoselytsia, Ukraine Sulingen, Germany Ungheni, Moldova Vimmerby, Sweden Võru, EstoniaJoniškis – Žagarė is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with: [14]
Bienvenida, Spain
Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy
Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France
Desborough, England, United Kingdom
Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kandava (Tukums), Latvia Kannus, Finland
Kolindros, Greece Lassee, Austria
Medzev, Slovakia
Moravče, Slovenia Næstved, Denmark
Nagycenk, Hungary
Nadur, Malta Ockelbo, Sweden
Pano Lefkara, Cyprus Põlva, Estonia
Samuel (Soure), Portugal
Slivo Pole, Bulgaria Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Strzyżów, Poland
Tisno, Croatia
Troisvierges, Luxembourg Crailsheim, Germany Criuleni, Moldova Hajnówka, Poland Laakdal, Belgium Lichtenberg (Berlin), Germany Ryn, Poland Będzin, Poland Hola Prystan, Ukraine Jõgeva, Estonia Twistringen, Germany Białystok, Poland Brno, Czech Republic Cava de' Tirreni, Italy Grenoble, France Kharkiv, Ukraine Linköping, Sweden Lippe (district), Germany Los Angeles, United States Lutsk, Ukraine Lviv Oblast, Ukraine Myślibórz, Poland Odense, Denmark Rende, Italy
Rishon LeZion, Israel San Martín, Argentina Tampere, Finland Tartu, Estonia Toruń, Poland Växjö, Sweden Vestfold og Telemark, Norway Vestland, Norway Wrocław, Poland
Xiamen, China Yaotsu, Japan Frombork, Poland Gołdap County, Poland Koriukivka, Ukraine Lwówek, Poland Olecko, Poland Oni, Georgia Sondershausen, Germany Biłgoraj, Poland Gallese, Italy Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary Kinn, Norway Lienen, Germany Miastko, Poland Novovolynsk, Ukraine Ogre, Latvia Östra Göinge, Sweden Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria Świętajno, Poland Wartburg (district), GermanyKlaipėda District Municipality [24]
Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Germany Bornholm, Denmark Gribskov, Denmark Märkisch-Oderland (district), Germany Osby, Sweden Viljandi, Estonia Balvi, Latvia Jēkabpils, Latvia Kežmarok, Slovakia Lanchkhuti, Georgia Manevychi Raion, Ukraine Rēzekne Municipality, Latvia Sztum, Poland Zgierz, Poland Ambrolauri, Georgia Augustów County, Poland Baranivka, Ukraine Holmestrand, Norway Łuków, Poland Płaska, Poland Puńsk, Poland Sejny, Poland Tomelilla, Sweden Tõrva, Estonia Wieleń, Poland Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Kokkola, Finland Kvam, Norway Lesja, Norway Mayo, Ireland Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland Reșița, Romania Rogoźno, Poland Suwałki, Poland Suwałki (rural gmina), Poland Valga, Estonia Valka, Latvia Viborg, Denmark Chkhorotsqu, Georgia Hörstel, Germany Ludza, Latvia Maków, Poland Romaniv Raion, Ukraine Ungheni, Moldova Fehmarn, Germany Jaunjelgava, Latvia Łeba, Poland Pāvilosta, Latvia Saulkrasti, Latvia Bad Iburg, Germany Iława (rural gmina), Poland Kose, Estonia Lomma, Sweden Zbarazh Raion, Ukraine Bauska, Latvia Gurjaani, Georgia Põhja-Pärnumaa, Estonia Kozłowo, Poland Mariestad, Sweden Raunheim, Germany Rundāle, Latvia Rypin, Poland Uggiate-Trevano, Italy Bergen auf Rügen, Germany Bucha, Ukraine Eilat, Israel Jūrmala, Latvia Kobuleti, Georgia Liepāja, Latvia Simrishamn, Sweden Ustka, PolandPanevėžys District Municipality [36]
Akhmeta, Georgia het Bildt (Waadhoeke), Netherlands Ialoveni District, Moldova Limbaži, Latvia Lubicz, Poland Maramureș County, Romania Vinni, Estonia Bauska, Latvia Chokhatauri, Georgia Drangedal, Norway Götene, Sweden Iecava, Latvia Liévin, France Liubar Raion, Ukraine Obernkirchen, Germany Żory, Poland Bjerkreim, Norway Boxholm, Sweden Bruntál, Czech Republic Golub-Dobrzyń, Poland Konotop, Ukraine [39] Kvareli, Georgia Menden, Germany Tukums, Latvia Viljandi County, Estonia Bauska, Latvia Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel Gniezno, Poland Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Kadzidło, Poland Khashuri, Georgia Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye, France Skara, Sweden Uman, Ukraine Gulbene, Latvia Kętrzyn (rural gmina), Poland Saerbeck, GermanyRokiškis is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union. [44] Rokiškis also has several other twin towns. [45]
Douzelage
Agros, Cyprus Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bad Kötzting, Germany Bellagio, Italy Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France Holstebro, Denmark Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden Preveza, Greece Rovinj, Croatia Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom Sigulda, Latvia Siret, Romania Škofja Loka, Slovenia Sušice, Czech Republic Tryavna, Bulgaria Türi, Estonia Zvolen, SlovakiaOther
Arnage, France Bełchatów County, Poland Hude, Germany Kadzidło, Poland Kaźmierz, Poland Kętrzyn County, Poland Łowicz, Poland Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Poland Płońsk, Poland Praga (Warsaw), Poland Stare Miasto, Poland Szczytno, Poland Tarnowo Podgórne, Poland Warsaw West County, Poland Wolsztyn County, Poland Wschowa, Poland Żnin, Poland Zviahel, Ukraine Etten-Leur, Netherlands Fredericia, Denmark Jelgava, Latvia Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Omaha, United States Pärnu, Estonia Plauen, Germany Borshchiv, Ukraine Kraśnik, Poland Lund, Norway Stavenhagen, Germany Tukums, Latvia
Alanya, Turkey Cittaducale, Italy Emmerich am Rhein, Germany Gdańsk County, Poland Ljungby, Sweden Ostróda (rural gmina), Poland Pruszcz Gdański, Poland Saldus, Latvia Skadovsk, Ukraine Tarutyne, Ukraine Vellinge, Sweden
Akkol District, Kazakhstah Mrągowo County, Poland Rumia, Poland Świdnica, Poland Virovitica-Podravina County, Croatia Wejherowo County, Poland Węgrów, Poland Bassum, Germany Krnov, Czech Republic Lebedyn, Ukraine Liezen, Austria Mestia, Georgia Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland Obdach, Austria Saint-Égrève, France Sävsjö, Sweden Steinfurt (district), Germany Acre, Israel Alanya, Turkey Avola, Italy Giżycko, Poland Giżycko (rural gmina), Poland Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Koszalin, Poland Lutsk, Ukraine Malbork, Poland Mtskheta, Georgia Nowy Sącz, Poland
Qazax, Azerbaijan Rheine, Germany Schönebeck, Germany Västra Götaland County, Sweden Cologno al Serio, Italy Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Kiskunmajsa, Hungary Herrljunga, Sweden Līvāni, Latvia Põlva, Estonia Tarnowo Podgórne, Poland Tsalenjikha, Georgia Unstrut-Hainich (district), Germany Västra Götaland County, Sweden Wetterau (district), Germany Worcester, England, United Kingdom Bartoszyce, Poland Ełk, Poland Giżycko, Poland Giżycko County, Poland Mikołajki, Poland Orzysz, Poland Prenzlau, Germany Szemud, Poland Kowale Oleckie, Poland Marly, France Olecko, Poland Ruciane-Nida, Poland Suchowola, Poland Aalborg, Denmark Almaty, Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan Chicago, United States Dnipro, Ukraine Donetsk, Ukraine Duisburg, Germany Erfurt, Germany Gdańsk, Poland Guangzhou, China Joensuu, Finland Kyiv, Ukraine Kraków, Poland Łódź, Poland Madison, United States Pavia, Italy Reykjavík, Iceland Riga, Latvia Salzburg, Austria
Taipei, Taiwan Tallinn, Estonia Tbilisi, Georgia Warsaw, PolandVilnius District Municipality [59]
Białe Błota, Poland Birkenwerder, Germany Czarny Bór, Poland Dessau-Roßlau, Germany Dopiewo, Poland Komorniki, Poland Koronowo, Poland Knyszyn, Poland Krotoszyn, Poland Miłomłyn, Poland Międzyrzec Podlaski, Poland Olsztynek, Poland Pasym, Poland Poraj, Poland Radom, Poland Reda, Poland Rybnik, Poland Sambir, Ukraine Siedlce, Poland Sulejówek, Poland Węgorzewo, Poland Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland Dagda, Latvia Daugavpils, Latvia Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland Slavutych, Ukraine Zambrów, Poland Ballan-Miré, France Daugavpils Municipality, Latvia Jēkabpils, Latvia [62] Mottafollone, Italy Senglea, Malta Zduńska Wola, Poland
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