Daržinėlės

Daržinėlės is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 12 people.[1]

Daržinėlės
Village
Daržinėlės
Coordinates: 53°56′28″N 24°16′39″E
Country Lithuania
County Alytus County
MunicipalityVarėna
Population
 (2021)
  Total19
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Daržinėlės 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), 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Belarusian border.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±%
195934    
197927−20.6%
198923−14.8%
YearPop.±%
200112−47.8%
201122+83.3%
202119−13.6%
Source: 1959, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 2021

Etymology

The name Daržinėlės comes from a plural form of a word Lithuanian: daržinėlė ('a little shed'). The village is known as Polish: Świnny Las, Russian: Свинны-Ляс in earlier sources. It means 'a pig forest' in Slavic languages.[2]

References

  1. "2001 census" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  2. Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 16. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.


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