Švenčionys

Švenčionys is a city in eastern , and capital of the Švenčionys district municipality, located 84 kilometers north of . As of 2020, it had a population of 4,065 of which about 17% were part of the Polish minority in Lithuania.
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  • Town with about 4,480 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 230 metres (750 feet)
  • Description: city of Lithuania
  • Also known as
    “Schwintzen”
    “Shvenchënis”
    “Shvenchionis”
    “Shventsian”
    “Shvintzion”
    “Shvyentsiani”
    “Shvyetsiani”
    “Svencionyz”
    “Švėnčiuonē”
    “Švėnčiuonis”
    “Švenčoņi”
    “Sventsian”
    “Sventsiany”
    “Sventsyany”
    “Sventzion”
    “Śvianciany”
    “Svintzian”
    “Swenziany”
    “Święciany”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of All Saints, Švenčionys and Holy Trinity Orthodox church in Švenčionys.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naujieji Zadvarninkai and Zadvarninkai.
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is a village.
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is a village.
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is a village.

Švenčionys

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Latitude
55.13369° or 55° 8′ 1″ north
Longitude
26.16302° or 26° 9′ 47″ east
Open location code
9G7845M7+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 196377583
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
594064
Wiki­data ID
Q137863

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Švenčionys” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سفينيتشونيس”
  • Asturian: “Švenčionys”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şvençyönis”
  • Belarusian: “Śvianciany”
  • Belarusian: “Свянцяны”
  • Belarusian: “Сьвянцяны”
  • Belarusian: “Швянчоніс”
  • Catalan: “Švenčionys”
  • Cebuano: “Švenčionys”
  • Chinese: “什文乔尼斯”
  • Chinese: “什文喬尼斯”
  • Czech: “Švenčionys”
  • Czech: “Święciany”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Švenčionys”
  • Dutch: “Švenčionys”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سفينيتشونيس”
  • Esperanto: “Pabradė”
  • Esperanto: “Švenčionėliai”
  • Esperanto: “Švenčionys”
  • Estonian: “Švenčionys”
  • Finnish: “Švenčionys”
  • French: “Švenčionys”
  • French: “Święciany”
  • German: “Schwintzen”
  • German: “Švenčionys”
  • Hausa: “Švenčionys”
  • Hebrew: “שווינציאן”
  • Hungarian: “Švenčionys”
  • Irish: “Švenčionys”
  • Italian: “Švenčionys”
  • Japanese: “シュヴェンチオニース”
  • Japanese: “シュヴェンチョニース”
  • Latvian: “Švenčionys”
  • Latvian: “Švenčoņi”
  • Lithuanian: “Švenčionys”
  • Moksha: “Швэнчёнис”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Švenčionys”
  • Norwegian: “Švenčionys”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Švenčionys”
  • Persian: “شونچیونیس”
  • Piemontese: “Švenčionys”
  • Polish: “Švenčionys”
  • Polish: “Święciany”
  • Romanian: “Švenčionys”
  • Russian: “Свентяны”
  • Russian: “Свенцяны”
  • Russian: “Свенчаны”
  • Russian: “Швенченис”
  • Russian: “Швянчёнис”
  • Samogitian: “Švenčionys”
  • Samogitian: “Švėnčiuonē”
  • Samogitian: “Švėnčiuonis”
  • Silesian: “Švenčionys”
  • Slovenian: “Švenčionys”
  • Swedish: “Sjventjonis”
  • Swedish: “Švenčionys”
  • Swedish: “Sventsiany”
  • Tatar: “Швенчөнис”
  • Turkish: “Švenčionys”
  • Ukrainian: “Швянченіс”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Švenčionys”
  • Urdu: “شوینچونیس”
  • Volapük: “Švenčionys”
  • Welsh: “Švenčionys”
  • Yiddish: “Sventzion”
  • Yiddish: “סווענציאַן”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Švenčionių verslo ir turizmo informacijos centras and Nalšios Museum.

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