Neris
The river Neris or Vilija rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas from the right bank, at Kaunas, as its main tributary.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lithuania and Belarus
- Also known as: “Nēre”, “Neries”, “Nėris”, “Neris Irmağı”, “Neris River”, “Nyaris”, “Veliya”, “Vialla”, “Vilija çayı”, “Viliya”, “Villa”, “Wilija”, “Wilja”, “Вилия, приток Немана”, “Вялля”, “Нерис”, “Нярис”, “Нярыс”, “Њарис”, “ভিলিয়া”, “ヴィリヤ川”, “ニヤリス川”, and “维利亚河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Town Hall of Kaunas and Kaunas Cathedral Basilica of apostles St. Peter and St. Paul.
Town Hall of Kaunas
Town hall
Kaunas Cathedral Basilica of apostles St. Peter and St. Paul
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaunas Old Town and Linksmadvaris.
Kaunas Old Town
Suburb
Photo: Creative, Public domain.
Neris
- Categories: river, transboundary river, and body of water
- Location: Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.90004° or 54° 54′ 0″ north
Longitude
23.87357° or 23° 52′ 25″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
9G65WV2F+2C
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Neris” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Neris”
- Arabic: “نهر نيريس”
- Arabic: “نيريس”
- Armenian: “Վիլիա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Neris”
- Azerbaijani: “Neris çayı”
- Belarusian: “Вілія”
- Belarusian: “Вяльля”
- Belarusian: “Рака Вілія”
- Bengali: “নেরিস”
- Bulgarian: “Вилия”
- Catalan: “Neris”
- Cebuano: “Neris”
- Chinese: “內里斯河”
- Chinese: “内里斯河”
- Chinese: “涅里斯河”
- Chuvash: “Вилия”
- Croatian: “Neris”
- Croatian: “Vilija”
- Czech: “Neris”
- Danish: “Neris”
- Dutch: “Neris”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيريس”
- Esperanto: “Neris”
- Estonian: “Neris”
- Finnish: “Neris”
- French: “Néris”
- Georgian: “ვილია”
- German: “Neris”
- Greek: “Νερίς”
- Hebrew: “נריס”
- Hungarian: “Neris”
- Indonesian: “Neris”
- Irish: “Neris”
- Italian: “Neris”
- Japanese: “ネリス川”
- Kirghiz: “Вилия”
- Korean: “네리스강”
- Kotava: “Neris (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Neris”
- Kurdish: “Nerîs”
- Kurdish: “نەریس”
- Latin: “Vilia”
- Latvian: “Nere”
- Lithuanian: “Neris”
- Macedonian: “Вилија”
- Mingrelian: “ვილია”
- Nauru: “Neris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vilia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Neris”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vilia”
- Norwegian: “Vilia”
- Ossetian: “Вилия”
- Persian: “نریس”
- Polish: “Wilia”
- Portuguese: “Neris”
- Portuguese: “Rio Neris”
- Romanian: “Râul Neris”
- Russian: “Вилия”
- Samogitian: “Nerės”
- Samogitian: “Vilėjė”
- Serbian: “Вилија”
- Serbian: “Река Вилија”
- Slovak: “Neris”
- Slovenian: “Neris”
- Slovenian: “Vilija”
- South Azerbaijani: “نریس چایی”
- Spanish: “Neris”
- Spanish: “Río Neris”
- Swedish: “Neris”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเนริส”
- Turkish: “Neris Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Няріс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Neris”
- Uzbek: “Neris”
- Venetian: “Fiume Neris”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Santaka and Vilijampolė.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Santaka Park (Confluence Park) and Kaunas Castle.
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Worth a closer look: Vilnius and Kaunas.
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