Varniai
Sign in to saveVarniai (; Samogitian: Varnē) is a city in the Telšiai County, western Lithuania. In the Middle Ages the city was known as Medininkai (Samogitian: Medėninkā).
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Place details
- Locality
- Varniai
- Region
- Telšių apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 961
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Varniai
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- City
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Varniai
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- Country
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- Ethnographic region
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- Samogitia
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- County
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- Telšiai County
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- Municipality
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- Telšiai district municipality
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- Eldership
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- Varniai eldership
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- Capital of
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- Varniai eldership
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.established_date
- 1314
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- First mentioned
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Varniai
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Duchy of Samogitia
- Population
- 884
- Elevation
- 166
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.varniai.lt
- Image
- Varniai1.2009-05-21.jpg
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- Commons category
- Varniai
- time of earliest written record
- 1314-00-00
- postal code
- LT-88050
- P6482
- Varniai
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- native label
- Varniai
- P8168
- Silton
- P12749
- Jeff Garcia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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- Notable residents
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Varniai (; Samogitian: Varnē) is a city in the Telšiai County, western Lithuania. In the Middle Ages the city was known as Medininkai (Samogitian: Medėninkā).
==Etymology== thumb|left|175px|Varnelė River near Varniai Medininkai or Medenike was first mentioned in 1320. This town existed until the end of the 16th century, when the town of Varniai was founded in the 15th century north of Medininkai, on the left bank of the Varnelė river. The latter name is derived from the Varnelė River, which flows through the town. As early as 1904, Vaižgantas mentions its name as Varnė. In other languages the town is known by: , .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Varniai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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