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Švenčionys

Northern Europe

Svencionys is a city in eastern Lithuania and the capital of the Svencionys district municipality, located 84 kilometers north of Vilnius. As of 2020 it had a population of 4,065, about 17 percent of whom belonged to the Polish minority in Lithuania.

Facts
Population
4480 1
Founding Year
1486 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Wikidata: Svencionys
Wikidata Q137863, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Švenčionys (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia infobox 'First mentioned' = '1486' on 'Švenčionys'View the Source
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.25, 26.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.25, 26.25
55.25 26.25 Dfb
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4. GeoNames: Švenčionys - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 594064, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 594064, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
55.135 26.159 P PPL LT 65 86 8601 5538 200 Europe/Vilnius
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Svencionys (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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