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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.

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Valkininkai
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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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  • History
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Early modern period
  • Religion
  • Architecture
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  • References
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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.

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

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