Lazdijai
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Place details
- Locality
- Lazdijai
- Region
- Alytaus apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 3,629
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Lazdijai
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- City
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- Vilnius Street in Lazdijai
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- Lazdijai COA.svg
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- Flag of Lazdijų.png
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Lazdijai
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- Country
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- Lazdijai
- Country
- Lithuania
- Population
- +4016
- Area
- +4.8
- Elevation
- +123
- Official website
- www.lazdijai.is.lt
- Image
- Lazdijai.jpg
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Lazdijai (, ) is a city (miestas) in Lithuania located about east of the border with Poland.
==History== It was established by Sigismund II Augustus in 1570 and granted Magdeburg town rights by Sigismund III Vasa in 1587. A local parish church was founded at the time. In 1689 John III Sobieski allowed the settlement of Jews.