Merkinė
Merkinė is a village in Dzūkija, the southern region of Lithuania, with a population just under 1000 in 2021. It stands on the navigable River Merkys, once guarded by a wooden castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,230 residents
- Description: small town in Alytus County, Lithuania
- Also known as: “Merkinės”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Assumption, Merkinė and Merkinė hillfort.
Merkinė hillfort
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Gytis90210, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merkinė hillfort is a scenic viewpoint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maksimonys and Jonionys.
Maksimonys
Village
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
Maksimonys is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 23 people.
Jonionys
Village
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
Jonionys is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 66 people.
Zakavoliai
Village
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
Zakavoliai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 10 people.
Merkinė
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Merkinės sen., Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, Dzūkija, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
54.1613° or 54° 9′ 41″ northLongitude
24.1831° or 24° 10′ 59″ eastPopulation
1,230Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)Open location code
9G66556M+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 32441781OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
597070Wikidata ID
Q1594489
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Yiddish—“Merkinė” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Merkine”
- Belarusian: “Мерач”
- Belarusian: “Мяркіне”
- Belarusian: “Мяркінэ”
- Catalan: “Merkinė”
- Chinese: “梅爾京”
- Danish: “Merkinė”
- Dutch: “Merkinė”
- Estonian: “Merkinė”
- Finnish: “Merkinė”
- French: “Merkinė”
- German: “Merken”
- German: “Merkinė”
- Hebrew: “מרקינה”
- Irish: “Merkinė”
- Italian: “Merkinė”
- Latvian: “Merķine”
- Lithuanian: “Merkinė”
- Persian: “مرکینه”
- Polish: “Merecz”
- Russian: “Меречь”
- Russian: “Меркине”
- Russian: “Мяркине”
- Samogitian: “Merkėnė”
- Slovenian: “Merkinė”
- Swedish: “Merkinė”
- Ukrainian: “Меркіне”
- Ukrainian: “Мяркінє”
- Yiddish: “מעריטש”
- Yiddish: “מערעטש”
- “Merkėnė”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Merkinė”. Photo: VietovesLt, CC BY 3.0.