Local time
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Vilnius
54.68° N, 25.32° E
- Population
- 542,366
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 5
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 5 cities of Lithuania in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Lithuania, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1201
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Area
- 401 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Vilnius City Municipality
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- Vilnia
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Europe/Vilnius
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Vilnius, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Vilnius have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Vilnius comes from the Vilnia River, whose name is said to derive from the Lithuanian word "vilnis," meaning "wave".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
