List of twin towns and sister cities in Lithuania
This is a list of municipalities 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.
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Auce, Latvia Bryansk, Russia Dobele, Latvia Kalundborg, Denmark Konin, Poland Mariupol, Ukraine Ölfus, Iceland Rustavi, Georgia Skhidnytsia, Ukraine Viru-Nigula, Estonia
Amata, Latvia Berdychiv, Ukraine Botkyrka, Sweden Ełk, Poland Grodno, Belarus Kremenchuk, Ukraine Lida, Belarus Monaghan, Ireland Næstved, Denmark Opole, Poland Ostrołęka, Poland Petrozavodsk, Russia Rochester, United States San Martín, Argentina Sejny, Poland Smarhon’, Belarus Suwałki, Poland Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
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Ağstafa, Azerbaijan Bykle, Norway Chiatura, Georgia La Croix-en-Touraine, France Ełk County, Poland Keila, Estonia Leck, Germany Sigulda, Latvia Sysmä, Finland Żnin, Poland
Aizkraukle, Latvia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland Nyasvizh, Belarus Tczew, Poland Vecumnieki, Latvia Werder, Germany
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Augustów, Poland Elbląg, Poland Dzerzhinsk, Russia Grodno, Belarus Kolpino, Russia Strzelce Opolskie, Poland
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Bruck an der Leitha District, Austria Forlì, Italy Maardu, Estonia Maladzyechna, Belarus Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland Słubice, Poland Zhovkva Raion, Ukraine
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Bagrationovsk, Russia Děčín, Czech Republic Jõgeva, Estonia Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland Riihimäki, Finland Polotsk, Belarus Pucioasa, Romania Smila, Ukraine Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova Zugdidi, Georgia
Joniškis – Žagarė is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with:[13]
Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kandava, 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
Bogense (Nordfyn), Denmark Crailsheim, Germany Criuleni, Moldova Hajnówka, Poland Laakdal, Belgium Lichtenberg (Berlin), Germany Neman, Russia Ryn, Poland
K
Będzin, Poland Iwye, Belarus Jõgeva, Estonia Twistringen, Germany
Białystok, Poland Brno, Czech Republic Cava de' Tirreni, Italy Grenoble, France Kaliningrad, Russia 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 Saint Petersburg, Russia 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 Gusevsky District, Russia Koriukivka, Ukraine Lwówek, Poland Masty, Belarus 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), Germany
Cleveland, United States Debrecen, Hungary Gdynia, Poland Kaliningrad, Russia Karlskrona, Sweden Kotka, Finland Kuji, Japan Liepāja, Latvia Lübeck, Germany Mannheim, Germany Mersin, Turkey Mogilev, Belarus North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom Sassnitz, Germany Szczecin, Poland
Klaipėda District Municipality[23]
Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Germany Bornholm, Denmark Gribskov, Denmark Gvardeysk, Russia Märkisch-Oderland (district), Germany Osby, Sweden Polessky District, Russia Viljandi, Estonia
Balvi, Latvia Jēkabpils Municipality, Latvia Kežmarok, Slovakia Lanchkhuti, Georgia Manevychi Raion, Ukraine Pastavy District, Belarus Rēzekne Municipality, Latvia Sztum, Poland Zgierz, Poland
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Ambrolauri, Georgia Augustów County, Poland Baranivka, Ukraine Grodno, Belarus Grodno Region, Belarus Holmestrand, Norway Łuków, Poland Nesterovsky District, Russia Płaska, Poland Puńsk, Poland Sejny, Poland Tomelilla, Sweden Tõrva, Estonia
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Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Chernyakhovsk, Russia Kokkola, Finland Kvam, Norway Lesja, Norway Mayo, Ireland Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland Rogoźno, Poland Salihorsk, Belarus Suwałki, Poland Valga, Estonia Valka, Latvia Viborg, Denmark
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Fehmarn, Germany Jaunjelgava, Latvia Łeba, Poland Pāvilosta, Latvia Saulkrasti, Latvia Zelenogradsk, Russia
P
Bad Iburg, Germany Iława (rural gmina), Poland Kose, Estonia Lomma, Sweden Sovetsk, Russia Zbarazh Raion, Ukraine
Bauska, Latvia Gurjaani, Georgia Põhja-Pärnumaa, Estonia Kozłowo, Poland Lelchytsy, Belarus Mariestad, Sweden Raunheim, Germany Rundāle, Latvia Rypin, Poland Uggiate-Trevano, Italy
Bergen auf Rügen, Germany Bucha, Ukraine Chernyakhovsk, Russia Eilat, Israel Jūrmala, Latvia Kobuleti, Georgia Liepāja, Latvia Simrishamn, Sweden Svetlogorsk, Russia Svetlogorsky District, Russia Ustka, Poland
Daugavpils, Latvia Gabrovo, Bulgaria Goes, Netherlands Kaliningrad, Russia Kalmar, Sweden Kolding, Denmark Lublin, Poland Lünen, Germany Maramureș County, Romania Mytishchi, Russia Rakvere, Estonia Rustavi, Georgia Toyohashi, Japan Vinnytsia, Ukraine Vitebsk, Belarus
Panevėžys District Municipality[35]
Akhmeta, Georgia het Bildt (Waadhoeke), Netherlands Ialoveni District, Moldova Limbaži, Latvia Lubicz, Poland Maladzyechna, Belarus Maramureș County, Romania Tosnensky District, Russia Vinni, Estonia
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 Krasnogorsk, Russia Kvareli, Georgia Menden, Germany Tukums, Latvia
Asikkala, Finland Bitetto, Italy Busk, Ukraine Dusheti, Georgia Kętrzyn (rural gmina), Poland Lubań, Poland Navahrudak, Belarus Parczew, Poland Talsi, Latvia Türi, Estonia
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Bauska, Latvia Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel Gniezno, Poland Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Horki, Belarus Kadzidło, Poland Khashuri, Georgia Lillehammer, Norway Minsk District, Belarus Nyasvizh, Belarus Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye, France Skara, Sweden Uman, Ukraine
Ķekava, Latvia Lubartów, Poland Mława, Poland Rapla, Estonia Slavsky District, Russia Unstrut-Hainich (district), Germany Zhmerynka Raion, Ukraine
Gulbene, Latvia Kętrzyn (rural gmina), Poland Saerbeck, Germany
Rokiškis is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.[42] Rokiškis also has several other twin towns.[43]
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, Slovakia
Other
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Ashmyany, Belarus Bełchatów County, Poland Hude, Germany Kastrychnitski (Minsk), Belarus Kadzidło, Poland Kaźmierz, Poland Kętrzyn County, Poland Lahoysk, Belarus Lida, Belarus Łomża, Poland Łowicz, Poland Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, Poland Płońsk, Poland Radom County, Poland Stare Miasto, Poland Świdnik, Poland Szczytno, Poland Tarnowo Podgórne, Poland Voranava, Belarus Warsaw West County, Poland Wolsztyn County, Poland Wschowa, Poland Żnin, Poland
Baranavichy, Belarus Częstochowa, Poland Etten-Leur, Netherlands Fredericia, Denmark Jelgava, Latvia Kaliningrad, Russia Khmelnytsky, Ukraine Kristianstad, Sweden Omaha, United States Pärnu, Estonia Plauen, Germany
Alanya, Turkey Ashmyany, Belarus Cittaducale, Italy Emmerich am Rhein, Germany Gdańsk County, Poland Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia Ljungby, Sweden Ostróda, Poland Ostróda (rural gmina), Poland Pruszcz Gdański, Poland Saldus, Latvia Skadovsk, Ukraine Slavsk, Russia Tarutyne, Ukraine Vellinge, Sweden
Akkol District, Kazakhstah Astravyets, Belarus Hlybokaye, Belarus Mrągowo County, Poland Pastavy, Belarus Rumia, Poland Solnechnogorsky District, Russia Świdnica, Poland Virovitica-Podravina County, Croatia Wejherowo County, Poland Węgrów, Poland
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Bassum, Germany Chernyakhovsk, Russia Krnov, Czech Republic Lebedyn, Ukraine Liezen, Austria Mestia, Georgia Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland Obdach, Austria Orsha, Belarus Saint-Égrève, France Sävsjö, Sweden Steinfurt (district), Germany
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Ashmyany, Belarus Bad Langensalza, Germany Cologno al Serio, Italy Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Kiskunmajsa, Hungary Herrljunga, Sweden Līvāni, Latvia Pionersky, Russia Põlva, Estonia Svislach, Belarus Tarnowo Podgórne, Poland Tsalenjikha, Georgia Unstrut-Hainich (district), Germany Västra Götaland County, Sweden Wetterau (district), Germany Worcester, England, United Kingdom Zhodzina, Belarus
V
Guryevsk, Russia Gusev, Russia Kowale Oleckie, Poland Marly, France Nesterov, Russia Olecko, Poland Ruciane-Nida, Poland Suchowola, Poland
Aalborg, Denmark Almaty, Kazakhstan Chicago, United States Dnipro, Ukraine Donetsk, Ukraine Duisburg, Germany Erfurt, Germany Gdańsk, Poland Guangzhou, China Joensuu, Finland Kiev, Ukraine Kraków, Poland Łódź, Poland Madison, United States Moscow, Russia Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Pavia, Italy Reykjavík, Iceland Riga, Latvia Saint Petersburg, Russia Salzburg, Austria Taipei, Taiwan Tallinn, Estonia Tbilisi, Georgia Warsaw, Poland
Vilnius District Municipality[57]
Ashmyany, Belarus 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 Radom, Poland Reda, Poland Rybnik, Poland Sambir, Ukraine Siedlce, Poland Sulejówek, Poland Valozhyn, Belarus Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland
Braslaw, Belarus Dagda, Latvia Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland Obninsk, Russia Preobrazhenskoye (Moscow), Russia Slavutych, Ukraine Slonim, Belarus Smarhoń, Belarus Zambrów, Poland
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Ballan-Miré, France Daugavpils Municipality, Latvia Mottafollone, Italy Senglea, Malta Zduńska Wola, Poland
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