The Vilnius urban area (known in Lithuanian as: Vilniaus aglomeracija) is the urban area of Vilnius. The urban area covers several municipalities in the Vilnius County.
The largest cities or towns within the urban area are Vilnius, Lentvaris, Grigiškės, Trakai, Nemenčinė, Rudamina, Pagiriai and Skaidiškės.
Definition
While Vilnius urban area occupies only most of Vilnius City and Vilnius District municipalities, Vilnius metropolitan region is a larger entity, occupying, depending on definition, most or all of Vilnius county, at some cases, stretching also well into Alytus and Utena counties.
Dual city of Vilnius and Kaunas
Dual city of Vilnius and Kaunas (known in Lithuanian as: Vilniaus ir Kauno dvimiestis) was an idea to combine resources of Vilnius and Kaunas to be able to compete with larger European cities like Warsaw or Bucharest for Western investments. Plan did not succeed but idea is still alive and is brought up by politicians every year. Combined metropolitan area would have population of more than 1 million and would produce around half of Lithuania's total GDP.
Economy
In 2020 Vilnius gross metropolitan product was €21.2 billion. This puts Vilnius in 120th place among cities in European Union.