Alytus, Lithuania
Alytus was founded 420 years ago on the picturesque hills, green valleys that surround the Nemunas River. Alytus is the youngest city, according to the age of the population, in Lithuania and the sixth largest city in the country with a population of 72,000 inhabitants.
Alytus is the capital of Dzűkija that is one of four ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The landscape is mosaic. Green areas and forests merge with dwelling blocks and industrial districts. Alytus is the regional center of industry. It offers huge and favourable investment opportunities.
The vision of Alytus stands for its development potential: “To become the center of business, culture and education in 2020 for Southern Lithuania “.
Alytus is geographically well placed city as it is in close proximity to other Lithuanian cities.
Distance from Alytus to:
International Vilnius AirPort 100 km
International Klaipëda SeaPort 294 km
Distance from Alytus to border crossing point:
Poland (Ogrodniki) 55 km
Latvija (Salociai) 270 km
Kaliningrad region (Kybartai) 100 km
Byelorussia (Raigardas) 65 km
Alytus is situated in a close proximity to the strategic capital cities Ryga, Tallinn, Minsk, Warsaw and Kaliningrad.
Naestved and Alytus started working together before a partnership agreement was signed on the 11th of November 2002.
Sidst opdateret den 26. marts 2008