Rudnia (Kaniava)
Rudnia is a village in Kaniavos eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 108 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 74.
Etymology
The name Rudnia comes from the word Lithuanian: rudnia (a borrowing from Belarusian: рудня) which means 'a bog iron smelter'.
References
- ^ "Population by locality". 2011 Population and Housing Census. Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Lithuanian Population and Housing Census 2001: Alytaus County" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 52. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.
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