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Daržinėlės

Daržinėlės is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 12 people.

Daržinėlės 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), 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Belarusian border.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±%
195934—    
197927−20.6%
198923−14.8%
YearPop.±%
200112−47.8%
201122+83.3%
202119−13.6%
Source: 1959, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 2021

Etymology

The name Daržinėlės comes from a plural form of a word Lithuanian: daržinėlė ('a little shed'). The village is known as Polish: Świnny Las, Russian: Свинны-Ляс in earlier sources. It means 'a pig forest' in Slavic languages.

References

  1. ^ "2001 census" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  2. ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 16. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.