AnykÅ¡Äiai District Municipality
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The Rajongemeinde anykščiai ( Anykščių rajono savivaldybė ) comprises the three cities anykščiai ( 11,620 inhabitants), Kavarskas ( population 678 ) and Troskunai ( 468 inhabitants), the 8 town ( miesteliai ) Andrioniškis, Debeikiai, Kurkliai, Skiemonys, Surdegis, Svėdasai (1002 inhabitants), and Traupis Viesintos, and 758 villages. The district includes the management communities Andrioniškis, Kavarskas, Svėdasai, anykščiai, Kurkliai, Traupis, Debeikiai, Skiemonys, Troskunai. It lies at the confluence of the rivers šventoji and Anykšta. It is surrounded by rural, hilly landscape with 76 lakes.
Magisterial districts
- Andrioniškis
- Anykščiai, has about 1000 inhabitants more than the city
- Debeikiai
- Kavarskas
- Kurkliai
- Skiemonys
- Svėdasai
- Traupis
- Troskunai
- Viesintos
Attractions
- Regional Park anykščiai
- Puntukas (a huge boulder )
- Horse Museum anykščiai
- Wooden synagogue in Kurkliai (14 miles)
- Narrow gauge railway (750 mm) Panevėžys - Anykščiai - Rubikiai (69 km ) (- Utena / decommissioned)
Sons and daughters
- Jonas Andriškevičius (* 1944 in Debeikiai ), General, Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces ( 1993-1999).
- Artūras Leita (born 1969 in the village Vaivadiškiai ), Commander of the Lithuanian Air Forces ( since 2006).