Valkininkai

Valkininkai
Valkininkai
Town
	Church of Valikininkai
	Coat of arms
	Valkininkai Location in Varėna district municipality Location of Varėna district in Lithuania
	Coordinates: 54°21′20″N 24°50′20″E / 54.35556°N 24.83889°E
Country	Lithuania
County	Alytus County
Municipality	Varėna district municipality
Eldership	Valkininkų (Valkininkai)
Capital of	Valkininkai eldership
First mentioned	1387
Granted city rights	1571, 1723, 1792
Population (2011 Census)
• Total	229
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Valkininkai (Polish: Olkieniki) is a historic town in Valkininkų [lt] (Valkininkai) eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania, located about 22 km (14 mi) northeast from Varėna and about 55 km (34 mi) southwest from Vilnius. At the Lithuanian census of 2001, its population was 238^[2] and at the census of 2011 it was 229.^[1]

The town is situated on the confluence of Merkys River with its tributaries Šalčia and Geluža. About 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Valkininkai there is Valkininkai Train Station [lt], a settlement that grew around a train station on the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw railway and now has more residents.

^ ^a ^b "Population by locality". Population and Housing Census. Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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