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Zalavas

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Zalavas (, ) is a small village in Švenčionys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located on the Mera River near the Lithuanian state border with Belarus. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, it had 140 residents. It is the birthplace of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, who later became Chief of State of Poland.

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Place details

Locality
Zalavas
Region
Vilniaus apskritis
Country
Lietuva
Population
0

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Key facts

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Zalavas
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Lithuania
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Country
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County
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Vilnius County
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Municipality
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Švenčionys district municipality
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Eldership
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Pabradė eldership
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140
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2011
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EET
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Official name
Зулаў
Country
Lithuania
Population
140
Elevation
141
Body of water
Mera
Image
Zalavas, gatvė.JPG
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Commons category
Zalavas
time of earliest written record
1700-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Russian Empire
  • German Empire
  • Second Polish Republic
  • Modern Lithuania
  • References
  • External links

Zalavas (, ) is a small village in Švenčionys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located on the Mera River near the Lithuanian state border with Belarus. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, it had 140 residents. It is the birthplace of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, who later became Chief of State of Poland.

In 1920–1922 the village was located in the Republic of Central Lithuania, and then in Poland until 1939.

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

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