Margionys is a
village in
Dzukija National Park in
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
, located south-west of
Marcinkonys
Marcinkonys (Polish: ''Marcinkańce'') is a village in Varėna district, Lithuania, located 21 km. south-west of Varėna. It is the administrative center of the Marcinkonys Eldership and it houses the administrations of the Dzūkija National Par ...
. It is located 115 km away from
Vilnius, 50 km away from
Alytus
Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2022 was 53,925. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on the banks of the Nemunas River. The maj ...
and at the hand's reach from
Druskininkai.
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.
Etymology
The name ''Margionys'' (known as pl, Morgiewicze, russian: Моргевичи, german: Morgjewitschi in earlier written sources) comes from a personal name ''Margẽvičius'' or ''Márgis'' which may be from lt, mar̃gis, márgis. This word either means 'a speckled one' or 'a
morgen
A morgen was a unit of measurement of land area in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania and the Dutch colonies, including South Africa and Taiwan. The size of a morgen varies from . It was also used in Old Prussia, in the Balkans, Norway ...
'. The prior village name was Skroblininkai which was granted according the name of the
Skroblus River.
References
Villages in Alytus County
Varėna District Municipality
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