Vilkija
Sign in to saveVilkija () is a town in the Kaunas district municipality, Lithuania. It is located north-west of Kaunas city municipality, right on the north side of the river Nemunas, the most important river in Lithuania.
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Place details
- Locality
- Vilkija
- Region
- Kauno apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 2,289
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
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Key facts
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- Vilkija
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- Town
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- Lithuania
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- Location of Vilkija
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- Vilkija prie Nemuno.JPG
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- Vilkija COA.jpg
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- 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
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- County
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2
- 20px Kaunas County
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- Municipality
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name3
- Kaunas district municipality
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- Eldership
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name4
- Vilkija eldership
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- Capital of
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- Vilkija eldership
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.established_date
- 1364
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Vilkija
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Kaunas District Municipality
- Population
- 1762
- Elevation
- 78
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Vilkija prie Nemuno.JPG
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- Commons category
- Vilkija
- time of earliest written record
- 1364-00-00
- postal code
- LT-54015
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- native label
- Vilkija
- P12749
- 1508
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Notable people
- References
Vilkija () is a town in the Kaunas district municipality, Lithuania. It is located north-west of Kaunas city municipality, right on the north side of the river Nemunas, the most important river in Lithuania.
== Etymology == The exact origin of the town name is not known, but it is derived from the Lithuanian word (which means wolf). According to a legend, people who lived on the opposite side of Nemunas river heard the packs of wolves howling in the surroundings of the place where contemporary town is situated; since then, this land was called Vilkija and this name may have been derived from words vilkų gauja meaning a pack of wolves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vilkija” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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