Ašašninkai | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°56′10″N 24°18′10″E / 53.93611°N 24.30278°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Dzūkija |
County | Alytus County |
Municipality | Varėna district municipality |
Elderships | Marcinkonys eldership |
Population (2021
[1]) | |
• Total | 27 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
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Ašašninkai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 27 people. [2] In the years 1921-1945 the village was within the borders of Poland. Ašašninkai is the southernmost inhabited place is Lithuania.
Ašašninkai village is located c. 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Druskininkai, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Marcinkonys, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Kabeliai (the nearest settlement) and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Belarusian border.
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Source: 1959, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 |
The name Ašašninkai (in Dzūkian Ašašnykai) comes from Lithuanian: ašašnykas < Belarusian: асочнік, Russian: осочник which mean 'a hunter beater, a forest ranger, a forest keeper, a tracker'. Before 1990 the village oficially called Kabeliai II. [3]
Ašašninkai | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°56′10″N 24°18′10″E / 53.93611°N 24.30278°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Dzūkija |
County | Alytus County |
Municipality | Varėna district municipality |
Elderships | Marcinkonys eldership |
Population (2021
[1]) | |
• Total | 27 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
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Ašašninkai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 27 people. [2] In the years 1921-1945 the village was within the borders of Poland. Ašašninkai is the southernmost inhabited place is Lithuania.
Ašašninkai village is located c. 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Druskininkai, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Marcinkonys, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Kabeliai (the nearest settlement) and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Belarusian border.
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Source: 1959, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 |
The name Ašašninkai (in Dzūkian Ašašnykai) comes from Lithuanian: ašašnykas < Belarusian: асочнік, Russian: осочник which mean 'a hunter beater, a forest ranger, a forest keeper, a tracker'. Before 1990 the village oficially called Kabeliai II. [3]