Ašašninkai
Ašašninkai | |
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Village | |
![]() Ašašninkai, Žirmūnų street | |
![]() Ašašninkai | |
Coordinates: 53°56′10″N 24°18′10″E / 53.93611°N 24.30278°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Ethnographic region | Dzūkija |
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.
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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.
Demographics[edit]
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Source: 1959, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 |
Etymology[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ "GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE". Osp.stat.gov.lt. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Gyventojai gyvenamosiose vietovėse: Lietuvos Respublikos 2021 metų gyventojų surašymo rezultatai (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2021. p. 54. ISBN 978-9986-589-83-9. Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 10. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.