Švenčionys
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Švenčionys (; ; known also by several alternative names) is a city in eastern Lithuania, and capital of the Švenčionys district municipality, located north of Vilnius. , it had a population of 4,065 of which about 17% were part of the Polish minority in Lithuania.
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- Locality
- Švenčionys
- Region
- Vilniaus apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 5,538
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Švenčionys
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- City
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- View of the city with the Church of All Saints on the right
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- Lithuania
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- left
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- Location of Švenčionys
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- Švenčionys COA.svg
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- Švenčionių vėliava.svg
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- Country
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2
- 20px Vilnius County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name3
- Švenčionys district municipality
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- Eldership
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- Švenčionys eldership
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- Capital of
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- Švenčionys district municipalityŠvenčionys eldership
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Švenčionys
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Sventsyansky Uyezd
- Population
- 4448
- Area
- 6.13
- Elevation
- 217
- Capital of
- Švenčionys District Municipality
- Official website
- svencionys.lt
- Image
- Svencionys.jpg
- Dialing code
- 387
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- twinned administrative body
- Wejherowo
- Commons category
- Švenčionys
- topic's main category
- Category:Švenčionys
- inception
- 1800-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1500-00-00
- postal code
- LT-18001
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Švenčionys
- native label
- Švenčionys
- P12749
- 1906
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Demographics
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Švenčionys (; ; known also by several alternative names) is a city in eastern Lithuania, and capital of the Švenčionys district municipality, located north of Vilnius. , it had a population of 4,065 of which about 17% were part of the Polish minority in Lithuania.
== Etymology == There are two established hypotheses about the etymology of the Švenčionys name: one that it is the name of the nearby lake Šventas (literally: saint) with the addition of the Lithuanian suffix -onys; another is that it is derived from the personal name, Švenčionis. In other languages the name is rendered as , , , , and .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Švenčionys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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