Marcinkonys

Coordinates: 54°03′40″N 24°24′0″E / 54.06111°N 24.40000°E / 54.06111; 24.40000
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Marcinkonys
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Marcinkonys (

Čepkeliai Nature Reserve. According to the 2020 estimate, it had 591 residents.[1]

Marcinkonys town is located c. 34 kilometres (21 mi) from Druskininkai, 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Varėna.

History

Throughout the history the place was under Russian, Polish, and Soviet rules and therefore it may be referred to by multiple names and spellings, including Marcinkańce (Polish name), Martsinkantse (phonemic transliteration of the Polish name), Martsinkantsy (transliteration of the Russified Polish name), and Martsinkonis (transliteration of Russian Марцинконис).[2]

The settlement was first mentioned in 1637 as a camp of foresters. It began growing after completion of the railway station in its location for the

Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway
in 1864.

During

Lithuanian Jews. Some Jews escaped during the liquidation of the ghetto and managed to survive the war.[3]

Etymology

The name Marcinkonys comes from a personal name Lithuanian: Marcinkónis (also Marcìnka, Marciñkus) which originates from Slavic forms for a name Martin, Marcin (Polish: Marcinko, Marcinek, Belarusian: Маpтынчык).[4]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19591,223—    
19791,080−11.7%
1989835−22.7%
YearPop.±%
2001765−8.4%
2011640−16.3%
2021493−23.0%
Source: 1959, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

References

  1. ^ "Marcinkonių seniūnija".
  2. United States Board of Geographic Names
    - Marcinkonys. Accessed January 23, 2014.
  3. ISBN 978-0-521-77490-1
    .
  4. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3
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