Valkininkai

Valkininkai
Town
Church of Valikininkai
Church of Valikininkai
Coat of arms of Valkininkai
Valkininkai is located in Varėna District Municipality
Valkininkai
Valkininkai
Location in Varėna district municipality
Location of Varėna district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°21′20″N 24°50′20″E / 54.35556°N 24.83889°E / 54.35556; 24.83889
Country Lithuania
County Alytus County
MunicipalityVarėna district municipality
EldershipValkininkų [lt] (Valkininkai)
Capital ofValkininkai eldership
First mentioned1387
Granted city rights1571, 1723, 1792
Population
 (2011 Census)[1]
 • Total229
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Valkininkai (Polish: Olkieniki) is a historic town in Valkininkų [lt] (Valkininkai) eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania, located about 22 km (14 mi) northeast from Varėna and about 55 km (34 mi) southwest from Vilnius. At the Lithuanian census of 2001, its population was 238[2] and at the census of 2011 it was 229.[1]

The town is situated on the confluence of Merkys River with its tributaries Šalčia and Geluža. About 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Valkininkai there is Valkininkai Train Station [lt], a settlement that grew around a train station on the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw railway and now has more residents.

  1. ^ a b "Population by locality". Population and Housing Census. Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).