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Also known as Širvintai

Širvintos () is a city in Vilnius County in eastern Lithuania. It is the administrative center of the Širvintos district municipality.

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Place details

Locality
Širvintos
Region
Vilniaus apskritis
Country
Lietuva
Population
7,321
Timezone
Europe/Vilnius

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Key facts

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Širvintos
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Town
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Širvintos main square and fountain
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Location of Širvintos
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Širvintos logo.svg
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Brandmark
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Country
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Ethnographic&nbsp;region
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Aukštaitija
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County
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Municipality
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Širvintos district municipality

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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • References

Širvintos () is a city in Vilnius County in eastern Lithuania. It is the administrative center of the Širvintos district municipality.

== Etymology == The town's name is a place name derived from the river Širvinta, which flows through it. Širvinta river name itself derives from the adjective širvas, which refers to the grey colour of the Širvinta river waters. In the interwar period, the town was known as Širvintai.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Širvintos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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