Švenčionėliai
Švenčionėliai (ⓘ) is a village in Švenčionys district municipality, Lithuania.
Švenčionėliai | |
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Village | |
.jpg.webp) Švenčionėliai panorama | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Švenčionėliai Location of Švenčionėliai | |
| Coordinates: 55°10′N 26°0′E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Vilnius County |
| Municipality | Švenčionys district municipality |
| Eldership | Švenčionėliai village eldership |
| Capital of | Švenčionėliai village eldership Švenčioneliai rural eldership |
| First mentioned | End of the 16th century |
| Granted village rights | 1920 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 4,748[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | svencionys |
It is 10 km west of Švenčionys. The river Žeimena flows through Švenčionėliai.
In 1940, there were around 1000 Jews in Švenčionėliai, i.e. 20 percent of the total population. All of them were murdered in October 1941 in the Švenčionėliai massacre.[2]
References
- "GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE" (XLSX). Osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- "Yahad - in Unum". Yahadmap.org.
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