We invite you to Panevėžys County situated in the North – Eastern Lithuania - the land rich in plains, forests, fertile soil, diligent and creative people. It has retained the variety of the ancient culture and is constantly looking for new implementation forms of spiritual and cultural values and seeking to show its universal tang to the whole world.

Panevėžys County has been known as one of the oldest Lithuanian administrative units since the formation of the Lithuanian State . Upytė land was already mentioned in historic records of 1254 and is considered the predecessor of Panevėžys County . Later its functions were transferred to rapidly expanding Panevėžys City . In 1950 the counties were eliminated and re-established in 1994. The northern, southern and western boundaries coincide with the ones of the 16 th century Upytė land.

Panevėžys County with 300 thousand inhabitants encompasses the territories of Panevėžys City and district municipalities of Biržai, Kupiškis, Panevėžys, Pasvalys and Rokiškis. It borders on the Republic of Latvia and on the Lithuanian Counties of Utena, Vilnius , Kaunas and Šiauliai.