Širvintos
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Širvintos () is a city in Vilnius County in eastern Lithuania. It is the administrative center of the Širvintos district municipality.
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- Locality
- Širvintos
- Region
- Vilniaus apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 7,321
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.name
- Širvintos
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.settlement_type
- Town
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- Širvintos fontanas.png
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_caption
- Širvintos main square and fountain
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map
- Lithuania
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Širvintos
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Širvintos (Lithuania).svg
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_flag
- Širvintos vėliava.svg
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_blank_emblem
- Širvintos logo.svg
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.blank_emblem_type
- Brandmark
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.blank_emblem_size
- 120px
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1
- Ethnographic region
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1
- Aukštaitija
- 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
- Širvintos district municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Širvintos
- Country
- Lithuania
- Official language
- Lithuanian
- Population
- 64
- Elevation
- 112
- Body of water
- Širvinta
- Official website
- www.sirvintos.lt
- Image
- Širvintų bažnyčia .JPG
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- Commons category
- Širvintos
- time of earliest written record
- 1475-00-00
- postal code
- LT-19001
- native label
- Širvintos
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- twinned administrative body
- Rakoniewice
- P12749
- 2013
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- 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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