Valkininkai
Sign in to saveValkininkai () is a historic town in (Valkininkai) eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania, located about northeast from Varėna and about southwest from Vilnius. At the Lithuanian census of 2001, its population was 238 and at the census of 2011 it was 229.
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- Valkininkai
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- Town
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- Church of Valikininkai
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- Lithuania Varėna District Municipality
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- County
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- 17px Alytus County
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- Municipality
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- Varėna district municipality
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- Eldership
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- (Valkininkai)
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- Valkininkai eldership
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- 1387
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Valkininkai () is a historic town in (Valkininkai) eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania, located about northeast from Varėna and about southwest from Vilnius. At the Lithuanian census of 2001, its population was 238 and at the census of 2011 it was 229.
The town is situated on the confluence of Merkys River with its tributaries Šalčia and Geluža. About east of Valkininkai there is , a settlement that grew around a train station on the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw railway and now has more residents.