Gelvonai is a town in

Širvintos district municipality Širvintos District Municipality ( lt, Širvintų rajono savivaldybė) is a municipality in Lithuania, it is in territory of Vilnius County and its capital is Širvintos. Geography The territory of the municipality is 906 km². Širvintos C ...

Vilnius County Vilnius County ( lt, Vilniaus apskritis) is the largest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Vilnius County re ...

, east Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 284 people. The town has a Catholic church. Its alternate names include Gelvonay, Gelvonis, Gelvony, Gelvonys, Giełwany (Polish), and Gelvan (Yiddish). United States Board on Geographic Names – Lithuania – Gelvonai. Accessed February 6, 2014.

Famous citizens

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

References

Towns in Vilnius County Towns in Lithuania {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub