Kaunas

Summary

Kaunas is a city^[1]. Kaunas ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,757 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kaunas was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Kaunas was a member of Union of the Baltic Cities^[4].
• Kaunas is located in Kaunas City Municipality^[5].
• Kaunas is in the country of Lithuania^[6].
• Kaunas is on the body of water Neman^[7].
• Kaunas's head of government is recorded as Visvaldas Matijošaitis^[8].
• Kaunas's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Kaunas's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city^[10].
• Kaunas's instance of is recorded as big city^[11].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Grenoble^[12].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bila Tserkva^[13].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kharkiv^[14].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wrocław^[15].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tampere^[16].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brno^[17].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Los Angeles^[18].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Xiamen^[19].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ferrara^[20].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Białystok^[21].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Canelli^[22].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brescia^[23].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cava de' Tirreni^[24].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Addis Ababa^[25].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pordenone^[26].
• Kaunas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Storo^[27].

Body

Geography

Kaunas is in the country of Lithuania^[6]. Kaunas is located in Kaunas City Municipality^[5]. Kaunas is on the body of water Neman^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+419745'}^[28], {'amount': '+416605'}^[29], {'amount': '+402061'}^[30], {'amount': '+385620'}^[31], {'amount': '+358111'}^[32], and {'amount': '+315993'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9], Hanseatic city^[10], and big city^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kaunas include Kaunas Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in Lithuania^[36], founded in 1900^[37].

Why It Matters

Kaunas ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,757 views/month).^[2] Kaunas has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Kaunas is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Kaunas include Kaunas Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in Lithuania^[36], founded in 1900^[37].