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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.

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Population
4480 1
Founding Year
1486 2
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
Svencionys (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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