Švenčionys
Sign in to saveŠvenčionys (; ; 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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Place details
- 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
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_flag
- Švenčionių vėliava.svg
Key dates
- Inception
- 1800
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- 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
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- Etymology
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- Demographics
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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.
== 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 .