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Elektrėnai
Sign in to saveElektrėnai () is a city of about 11,000 inhabitants in Vilnius County, Lithuania; since 2000 it has been the capital of the Elektrėnai Municipality. It is situated between the two largest cities in Lithuania – Vilnius and Kaunas.
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Elektrėnai is a city in Lithuania, serving as the capital of Elektrėnai Municipality. It is located within the Vilnius County and has been part of the Soviet Union. The city was established on July 18, 1961, and its name is derived from electricity. It covers an area of 21 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 100 meters above sea level.
The population of Elektrėnai is recorded as 15,742, with another source listing 13,501 residents. The local postal code is LT-26001, and the dialing code is 528. The city maintains twinning relationships with Maardu, Skövde, Forlì, and Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. Its official website is elektrenai.lt.
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Place details
- Locality
- Elektrėnai
- Region
- Vilniaus apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 13,501
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Elektrėnai
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Elektrėnai
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- Elektrenai COA.svg
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- Country
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- Lithuania
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- Ethnographic region
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- Dzūkija
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- County
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- 20px Vilnius County
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- Municipality
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- Elektrėnai Municipality
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- Eldership
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- Elektrėnai Eldership
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Named after
- electricity
- Official name
- Elektrėnai
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 11255
- Area
- 21
- Elevation
- 95
- Capital of
- Elektrėnai Municipality
- Official website
- www.elektrenai.lt
- Image
- The church of Elektrėnai001.jpg
- Dialing code
- 528
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- Commons category
- Elektrėnai
- topic's main category
- Category:Elektrėnai
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Elektrėnai
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Elektrėnai
- native label
- Elektrėnai
- postal code
- LT-26001
- inception
- 1961-07-18
- twinned administrative body
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
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Elektrėnai () is a city of about 11,000 inhabitants in Vilnius County, Lithuania; since 2000 it has been the capital of the Elektrėnai Municipality. It is situated between the two largest cities in Lithuania – Vilnius and Kaunas.
==History== Historically, two villages were located in the area; one of those was Perkūnkiemis (Lithuanian: ''Thunder's yard). Elektrėnai is one of the newest towns of Lithuania, having been established during the Soviet occupation in the early 1960s as the living space for workers of the nearby power plant. It was expanded in the 1980s and early 1990s as a residence for builders and workers at the nearby Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant. The name of the new town was derived from word elektra (English: electricity) – a borrowing to Lithuanian language from Greek. Gintarėnai (gintaras'' – Lithuanian word for amber) was another name considered, but was rejected before the start of the construction. Most of the buildings in Elektrėnai are large block housing projects built during the Soviet period, with no historical buildings. The town, however, is close to Elektrėnai Reservoir, an artificial lake that was created to cool the Elektrėnai Power Plant. The water is several degrees warmer than water at the other nearby lakes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elektrėnai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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