Švenčionys

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Švenčionys is a small historic town in eastern Lithuania known for its multicultural past and former Jewish community.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
coordinateLocation 55.1333°N 26.1667°E
country Lithuania
countryCallingCode +370
hasCulturalSite Catholic church in Švenčionys
Jewish cemetery in Švenčionys
war memorials in Švenčionys
hasHeritage former Jewish community
multicultural past
hasLocalGovernment Švenčionys self-linksurface differs
surface form: Švenčionys town eldership
hasMunicipalStatus town rights
hasReligiousCommunity Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Orthodox Christian community

Roman Catholic community
former Jewish community
historicalEvent Holocaust in Lithuania
surface form: Holocaust in Švenčionys region

World War II occupation
historicallyInhabitedBy Belarusians
Jews
Lithuanians
Poles
Russians
historicalRegion Vilnius Region
isMunicipalSeatOf Švenčionys District Municipality
locatedIn eastern Lithuania
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Vilnius County
Švenčionys District Municipality
locatedInFormerAdministrativeEntity Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Second Polish Republic
Vilna Governorate
locatedNear Belarus border
Švenčionys self-linksurface differs
surface form: Švenčionėliai
officialLanguage Lithuanian
partOf Aukštaitija
postalCode LT-18001 (representative format)
roadConnection regional roads of eastern Lithuania
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mordecai Kaplan placeOfBirth Švenčionys
Zułów locatedIn Švenčionys
this entity surface form: Švenčionys District Municipality
Švenčionys locatedNear Švenčionys self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Švenčionėliai
Švenčionys hasLocalGovernment Švenčionys self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Švenčionys town eldership
Zalavas nearbyCity Švenčionys
Święciany alternativeName Švenčionys
Zułowo partOf Švenčionys
this entity surface form: Švenčionys eldership
Zułowo locatedNear Švenčionys