Kalviai (Varėna)
Village in Alytus County, Lithuania
54°01′59″N 24°49′30″E / 54.03306°N 24.82500°E / 54.03306; 24.82500
Lithuania
Alytus County (2021)
Kalviai is a village in Kaniavos eldership [lt], Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 68 people.[1] At the 2011 census, the population was 47.[2]
Etymology
It is unclear if Lithuanian name Kalviai or Slavic name Kowalki originated first, but both respectably mean 'smiths' (from Lithuanian: kalvis and Belarusian: коваль 'a smith').[3]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population by locality". Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013. 2011 Population and Housing Census
- ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 27. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.
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