List of twin towns and sister cities in Lithuania

Map of Lithuania.

This is a list of places in Lithuania having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Alytus

Berdychiv, Ukraine Botkyrka, Sweden Cēsis, Latvia Choszczno, Poland Giżycko, Poland

Lida, Belarus Mandal, Norway Næstved, Denmark Opole, Poland[1] Ostrołęka, Poland

Petrozavodsk, Russia Rochester, United States Rouen, France San Martín, Argentina Suwałki, Poland

Jonava

Bagrationovsk, Russia Děčín, Czech Republic Jõgeva, Estonia

Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland Polotsk, Belarus

Pucioasa, Romania Riihimäki, Finland

Kaunas

Brno, Czech Republic[2] Los Angeles, United States Wrocław, Poland[3] Łomża, Poland Myślibórz, Poland Tartu, Estonia

Tampere, Finland Odense, Denmark Grenoble, France, since 1997[4] Linköping, Sweden Kharkiv, Ukraine

Brescia, Italy Ferrara, Italy Växjö, Sweden Tyumen, Russia Xiamen, China

Klaipėda

Cherepovec, Russia (1992) Cleveland, United States (1992) Debrecen, Hungary (1970/1989) Gdynia, Poland (1993) Kaliningrad, Russia (1993) Karlskrona, Sweden (1989) Køge, Denmark (1995)

Kotka, Finland (1994) Kuji, Japan (1989) Leipzig, Germany (2002)[5] Liepāja, Latvia (1997) Lübeck, Germany (1990) Mannheim, Germany (1915/2002)

Mogilev, Belarus (1997) North Tyneside, England (1995) Odessa, Ukraine (2004) Qingdao, China (2004) Rügen, Germany (1993) Szczecin, Poland (2002)

Panevėžys

Kolding, Denmark Mytishchi, Russia

Kalmar, Sweden Kingston, Jamaica

Goes, Netherlands

Prienai

Prienai is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.^[6][7]

Altea, Spain[7] Bad Kötzting, Germany[7] Bellagio, Italy[7] Bundoran, Republic of Ireland[7] Chojna, Poland[7] Granville, France[7] Holstebro, Denmark[7] Houffalize, Belgium[7]

Judenburg, Austria[7] Karkkila, Finland[7] Kőszeg, Hungary[7] Marsaskala, Malta[7] Meerssen, the Netherlands[7] Niederanven, Luxembourg[7] Oxelösund, Sweden[7]

Preveza, Greece[7] Sesimbra, Portugal[7] Sherborne, England[7] Sigulda, Latvia[7] Sušice, Czech Republic[7] Türi, Estonia[7] Zvolen, Slovakia[7]

Šiauliai

Khmelnytsky, Ukraine Częstochowa, Poland Omaha, United States[8] Baranovichi, Belarus

Fredericia, Denmark Jelgava, Latvia Kaliningrad, Russia Kristianstad, Sweden

Parnu, Estonia Etten-Leur, Netherlands Teterow, Germany

Šilutė

Ljungby, Sweden Nakskov, Denmark

Emmerich, Germany Ostróda, Poland

Slavsk, Russia

Vilnius

Vilnius has signed 39 cooperation agreements with other cities.

Astana, Kazakhstan Brussels, Belgium Bratislava, Slovakia Budapest, Hungary[9] Chicago, United States Chişinău, Moldova Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Donetsk, Ukraine Duisburg, Germany (since 1985)[10][11] Dublin, Ireland

Edinburgh, Scotland Erfurt, Germany Gdańsk, Poland (since 1998)[12] Guangzhou, China[13] Irkutsk, Russia Joensuu, Finland Kiev, Ukraine Kraków, Poland[14] Łódź, Poland Ljubljana, Slovenia

Moscow, Russia Madison, United States [15] Minsk, Belarus Nicosia, Cyprus Oslo, Norway Pavia, Italy Piraeus, Greece Reykjavík, Iceland Riga, Latvia Saint Petersburg, Russia

Salzburg, Austria Stockholm, Sweden Strasbourg, France Taipei, Taiwan[16] Tallinn, Estonia Toronto, Canada Valletta, Malta Warsaw, Poland[17] Tbilisi, Georgia[18]

References

1. "Opole Official Website - Twin Towns". (in English and Polish) © 2007-2009 Urząd Miasta Opola. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
2. "Brno – Partnerská města" (in Czech). © 2006–2009 City of Brno. Retrieved 17 July 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
3. "Wrocław Official Website – Partnership Cities of Wrocław". (in English, German, French and Polish) © 2007 Wrocław Municipality. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
4. Jérôme Steffenino, Marguerite Masson. "Ville de Grenoble – Coopérations et villes jumelles". Grenoble.fr. Archived from the original on 12 November 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
5. "Leipzig – International Relations". © 2009 Leipzig City Council, Office for European and International Affairs. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
6. "Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
7. "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
8. "The History of Omaha Sister Cities Association." Omaha Sister Cities Association. Retrieved 12/8/08.
9. "Sister cities of Budapest" (in Hungarian). Official Website of Budapest. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
10. "Cities Twinned with Duisburg". www.duisburg.de. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
11. "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). © 2009 Twins2010.com. Retrieved 28 October 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
12. "Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie'" (in Polish and English). © 2009 Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku. Retrieved 11 July 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
13. "Sister Cities of Guangzhou". Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
14. "Kraków otwarty na świat". www.krakow.pl. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
16. Sister city list (.DOC)
17. "Miasta partnerskie Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta. 4 May 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
18. "Tbilisi, Vilnius become brother cities". Trend News Agency. Retrieved 12 October 2009.