Gelvonai

Town in Vilnius County, Lithuania

Coat of arms

55°04′01″N 24°41′38″E / 55.06694°N 24.69389°E / 55.06694; 24.69389Country

LithuaniaCounty

Vilnius CountyMunicipalityŠirvintos district municipalityEldershipGalvonai eldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total284Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Gelvonai is a town in Širvintos district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 284 people.^[1] The town has a Catholic church.

Its alternate names include Gelvonay, Gelvonis, Gelvony, Gelvonys, Giełwany (Polish), and Gelvan (Yiddish).^[2]^[3]

Famous citizens

Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian poet, mathematician, and Catholic bishop.

References

^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 15, 2017.
^ United States Board on Geographic Names – Lithuania – Gelvonai. Accessed February 6, 2014.
^ Dov Levin (2000). The Litvaks: A Short History of the Jews in Lithuania. Berghahn Books. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-57181-264-3.