Country Lithuania County Alytus County Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 81 (2001) | Ethnographic region Dzūkija Eldership Marcinkonys eldership Local time Tuesday 11:15 AM | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 90% Humidity Municipality Varėna District Municipality | ||
Margionys is a village in Dzukija National Park in Lithuania, located south-west of Marcinkonys.Is located 115 km away from Vilnius, 50 km away from Alytus and at the hand's reach from Druskininkai.
Map of Margionys, Lithuania
Back in the year 1637, Margionys had 11 households. Number of households in the village increased to 44 by the year 1889, with a total population of 271 individuals at the time. After the plague and wars, the village shrunk, with only two families living in it in 1738. By 1959, the village again had 261 inhabitants. This number has decreased to 98 in 1998 and 81 in 2003.
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Margionys Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA