Wilno County, Wilno Land

Wilno County was a county with capital in Vilanus located in the Republic of Central Lithuania, and later de jure in Wilno Land, Second Polish Republic. Between 1920 and 1922 it was a county in Republic of Central Lithuania, established in place of former Vilensky Uyezd, Vilna Governorate. In 1922, following the incorporation of Central Lithuania into Poland, the county become a part of then established Wilno Land. In 1921, the county had informally united with Troki County, and between 1923 and 1924 they had been formally transformed into Wilno-Troki County. In 1921, from the county was separated city of Vilanus, that was reformed into a separate county.

Wilno County
County of Central Lithuania and Wilno Land
1920–1921 (de facto) 1920–1923/1924 (de jure)
Location within Wilno Land
Capital	Vilnius
• Type	County
History
• Formation of Republic of Central Lithuania	13 December 1920
• Informal unification with Troki County	1921
• Formal transformation into Wilno-Troki County	1923/1924
Contained within
• Country	Central Lithuania (de facto 1920–1921, de jure 1920–1922) Second Polish Republic (de jure 1922–1923/1924)
• District	Wilno Land (de jure 1922–1923/1924)
Preceded by Succeeded by Vilensky Uyezd Wilno-Troki County Vilnius

Administration division

Urban municipalities

• Vilnius (1920–1921)
• Nowa Wilejka

Rural municipalities

• Worniany
• Mejszagoła
• Mickuny
• Niemenczyn
• Rzesza
• Soleczniki
• Szumsk
• Turgiele
• Podbrzezie
• Rudomino

See also

• Vilnius District Municipality

Bibliography

• Zeszyt VII. Spis ludności na terenach administrowanych przez Zarząd Cywilny Ziem Wschodnich (grudzień 1919). Lviv/Warsaw. Książnica Polska T-wa Naucz. Szkół Wyższych. 1920, p. 50, series: Prace geograficzne wydawane by Eugenjusz Romer.
• Zarząd Cywilny Ziem Wschodnich (19 lutego 1919 – 9 września 1920) by Joanna Gierowska-Kałłaur, 1st addition. Warsaw. Wydawnictwo Neriton. Instytut Historii PAN. 2003. p. 447. ISBN 83-88973-60-6.