Vilnius County
Šalčininkai District Municipality
Turgelių sen.

Merkinė

Merkinė is a village in , , and has about 43 residents. Merkinė is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .
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  • Type: Village with 43 residents
  • Description: village in Turgeliai Eldership, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Merkine”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pawłowo/Paulava Republic and Merkinė Manor.

Paulava Republic was a farmer community and a micro-state in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with its own parliament, army, and laws. Located around the in present-day Šalčininkai District Municipality, , it covered an area of 30.4 km2 and had about 800 residents.

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was a residential manor in Merkinė village, Šalčininkai District Municipality, . It was the location of the self-proclaimed Paulava Republic, established by Paweł Ksawery Brzostowski in 1769.

Church
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is situated 2½ km east of Merkinė.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jezavitiškės and Valakininkai.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Town
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is a town.

Merkinė

Latitude
54.45854° or 54° 27′ 31″ north
Longitude
25.47037° or 25° 28′ 13″ east
Population
43
Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)
Open location code
9G67FF5C+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1684437909
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
597069
Wiki­data ID
Q11814675
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Samogitian—“Merkinė” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Merkinė”
  • Dutch: “Pawłowo”
  • Estonian: “Merkinė (Turgeliai vald)”
  • Estonian: “Merkinė”
  • Irish: “Merkinė”
  • Lithuanian: “Merkinė (Šalčininkai)”
  • Lithuanian: “Merkinė”
  • Lithuanian: “Paulauskai”
  • Lithuanian: “Paulava”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Merkinė (Šalčininkai)”
  • Polish: “Pawłowo (Litwa)”
  • Polish: “Pawłowo”
  • Russian: “Меречь”
  • Russian: “Меркине”
  • Russian: “Мяркине (Шальчининкский район)”
  • Russian: “Мяркине”
  • Russian: “Павлов”
  • Russian: “Павлово”
  • Samogitian: “Merkėnė”
  • “Merkėnė”

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