Pasvalys district municipality

Lithuania / Panevezhio / Pasvalys /
 municipality, invisible, second-level administrative division
Located in northern Lithuania, borders with Latvia, covers area of 1289 km². Divided into 11 elderships. Administrative centre - Pasvalys, smaller city is Joniškėlis.
Municipality lies in Mūša-Nemunėlis lowland, sinkhole appearance is common. There are many rivers, longest of them are Mūša, Pyvesa, Tatula. This lands was settled by semigalian (žiemgaliai) tribes, Pasvalys was mentioned in 13th century. Highway Via Baltica is extended across the municipality area, in Saločiai it turns to Latvia.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasvalys_district_municipality
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Coordinates:   56°6'1"N   24°18'40"E
This article was last modified 15 years ago