Kaunas
Kaunas at the edge of Sūduva region is the second-largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 304,000 in 2024. The main reason to visit is its Old Town, connected to the 19th-century New Town along Laisvės alėja.
- City with about 305,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code KUN
- …was formerly known as “Kovno”
- Description: city and administrative center of Kaunas County in Lithuania
- Also known as“Kauen”“Kauno”“Kovna”“Kovne”“Kowno”“Palemonas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Žalgiris arena and Museum of Devils.
Žalgiris arena
Žalgirio Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New Town of Kaunas, Lithuania.
Kaunas Cathedral Basilica of apostles St. Peter and St. Paul
Archcathedral Basilica of Apostles St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aleksotas and Eiguliai.
Kalniečiai
Kalniečiai is a neighborhood of the Lithuanian city of Kaunas.
Kaunas
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Latitude
54.8982° or 54° 53′ 54″ north
Longitude
23.9045° or 23° 54′ 16″ east
UN/LOCODE
LT KUN
Open location code
9G65VWX3+7Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kaunas” goes by many names.
KaunasAfrikaans
KaunasAlbanian
ካውናስAmharic
كاوناسArabic
KaunasAragonese
ԿաունասArmenian
KaunasAsturian
KawnasAymara
KaunasAzerbaijani
KaunasBalinese
KaunasBasque
KoŭnaBelarusian
KoŭniaBelarusian
КаўнасBelarusian
КоўнаBelarusian
КоўняBelarusian
কাউনাসBengali
কুনাসBengali
KaunasBosnian
KaunasBreton
КаунасBulgarian
KaunasCatalan
KaunasCebuano
Kaunas (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
کاوناسCentral Kurdish
КаунасChechen
科夫诺Chinese
考納斯Chinese
考纳斯Chinese
考那斯Chinese
КовъноChurch Slavic
КовьноChurch Slavic
КаунасChuvash
KaunasCornish
KaunasCroatian
KaunasCzech
KovnoCzech
KaunasDanish
KaunasDimli (individual language)
KaunasDutch
КаунасEastern Mari
كاوناسEgyptian Arabic
KaŭnoEsperanto
KaunasEstonian
KaunasEwe
KaunasExtremaduran
KaunasFijian
KaunasFinnish
KaunasGalician
KaunasGanda
კაუნასიGeorgian
Kauen (historical)German
ΚάουναςGreek
કોનાસGujarati
KaunasHausa
קאונסHebrew
קובנהHebrew
कौनासHindi
KaunasHungarian
KaunasIcelandic
KaunasIdo
KaunasIndonesian
KaunasInterlingue
ᑯᓇᔅInuktitut
ᑯᓇᔅ/kunasInuktitut
KaunasIrish
KaunasItalian
カウエンJapanese
カウナJapanese
カウナスJapanese
カウネJapanese
カウノJapanese
KaunasJavanese
KaunasKalaallisut
ಕೌನಸ್Kannada
KaunasKashubian
КаунасKazakh
КаунасKirghiz
КаунасKomi
카우나스Korean
KaunasKotava
KaunasKurdish
KaunasLadino
KauneLatgalian
CounaLatin
KauņaLatvian
KaunasLimburgan
KaunasLithuanian
KaunasLombard
KaunasLow German
KaunasLower Sorbian
KaunasLuxembourgish
КаунасMacedonian
KaunasMalagasy
KaunasMalay
KaunasMaltese
KaunasMaori
कॉनासMarathi
KaunasMin Nan Chinese
კაუნასიMingrelian
КаунасMoksha
КаунасMongolian
KaunasNauru
KaunasNorthern Frisian
KaunasNorwegian
KaunasNorwegian Bokmål
KaunasNorwegian Nynorsk
KaunasNovial
KaunasOccitan (post 1500)
KaunasOromo
КаунасOssetian
ਕਾਉਨਾਸPanjabi
کاوناسPersian
KaunasPiemontese
Kauen (historical)Polish
KownoPolish
کاوناسPushto
کاونسPushto
KaunasRomanian
КаунасRussian
КовнаRussian
КовноRussian
КаунасRusyn
KaunsSamogitian
KaunasSaterfriesisch
KaunasScots
KaunasScottish Gaelic
Категорија:КаунасSerbian
КаунасSerbian
KaunasSerbo-Croatian
KaunasSilesian
කොනාස්Sinhala
KaunasSlovak
KaunasSlovenian
КаунасTatar
కౌనస్Telugu
เกานัสThai
เคานัสThai
KaunasTurkish
КаунасUkrainian
КовноUkrainian
KaunasUpper Sorbian
KownoUpper Sorbian
کاوناسUrdu
کاونسUrdu
KaunasUzbek
KovnoUzbek
KaunasVenetian
KaunasVeps
KaunasVietnamese
KaunasVolapük
KaunasVõro
KaunasWaray (Philippines)
CawnasWelsh
ԿաունասWestern Armenian
کاؤناسWestern Panjabi
考纳斯Wu Chinese
KovneYiddish
קאוונעYiddish
考納斯Yue Chinese
考那斯Yue Chinese
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as New Town and Brazilka.
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Sūduva: Highlights
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