Ašašninkai
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Ašašninkai is a village in
Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 27 people.[2]
In the years 1921-1945 the village was within the borders of Poland. Ašašninkai is the southernmost inhabited place is Lithuania.
Ašašninkai village is located c. 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Druskininkai, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Marcinkonys, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Kabeliai (the nearest settlement) and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Belarusian border.
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Etymology
The name Ašašninkai (in
Dzūkian Ašašnykai) comes from Lithuanian: ašašnykas < Belarusian: асочнік, Russian: осочник which mean 'a hunter beater, a forest ranger, a forest keeper, a tracker'. Before 1990 the village oficially called Kabeliai II.[3]
References
- ^ "GYVENTOJAI GYVENAMOSIOSE VIETOVĖSE". Osp.stat.gov.lt. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ISBN 978-9986-589-83-9. Archived from the originalon 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.
