Vergakiemis
Village in Alytus County, Lithuania
Village in Alytus County, Lithuania
54°22′30″N 24°39′50.4″E / 54.37500°N 24.664000°E / 54.37500; 24.664000
Lithuania (2011)[1]
65416
Vergakiemis is a village in Jakėnai Eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. As of the 2011 census, the population was 34.[1]
Geography
The village is located in southeastern Lithuania, in the northern part of Varėna District Municipality. The nearest town is Valkininkai, 11.6 kilometres (7.2 mi) away. It lies 18.8 kilometres (11.7 mi) north of the town of Varėna, the seat of the municipality. Vilnius is 53.2 kilometres (33.1 mi) to the northeast. The surrounding landscape is made up of wetland, peat bog and forest, and the village sits between two small lakes, namely, Lake Lielukas to the northeast and Lake Juodikis to the southwest.[2][3]
Demographics
As of the census of 2011, there were 34 people, of which 52.9% were male and 47.1% female.[1]
As of the census of 2001, there were 41 people, of which 51.2% were male and 48.8% female.[4]
Transportation
The village lies on the national road K4724 (Onuškis–Žilinai–Puodžiai) with links north and south.[3][5]
Notable people
- Juozas Jermalavičius, the political activist and historian of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic imprisoned[6] for his role in the January Events of 1991, was born in the village
References
- ^ a b c Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census of the Republic of Lithuania (PDF). Vilnius: Statistics Lithuania. 2013. p. 435. ISBN 978-9955-797-18-0. OCLC 931524220.
- ^ "Distance calculator - Calculate the distance online!". www.distance.to. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ^ a b "Vergakiemio kaimas, Varėnos rajonas - Adresai, gatvės, namai" [Vergakiemis village, Varėna municipality - Addresses, streets, houses]. Lietuvos adresų katalogas (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "Alytaus apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai" [Alytus county rural residential areas and their inhabitants] (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistics Lithuania. 2002. p. 53. ISBN 9986-589-83-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- ^ "Dėl Valstybinės reikšmės automobilių kelių sąrašo patvirtinimo" [Approval of the list of roads of national importance]. Register of Legal Acts (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ Hated Soviet accomplice released from prison The Baltic Times, Jan 24, 2002
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