Visaginas Municipality
The Visaginas Municipality is a municipality of Lithuania, situated in the north-east of the country. It consists of the city of Visaginas, 20 villages and one farmstead.
It has significant Russian minority population in Lithuania, with 47,36% of the population claiming Russian ethnicity as of 2025.
Geography
Visaginas is known for the now-decommissioned Ignalina [Nuclear Power Plant] located here, by the Drūkšiai lake. Another major lake in the municipality is Visaginas.Most of the villages of Visaginas are underpopulated. According to the 2021 Lithuanian census, only 7 villages had population at least 3: Ažukalviškė, Juliškė, Kalviškiai, Karlos, Lapušiškė, Magūnai, Tumelina.