Rudnia (Kaniava)

Rudnia
Village
Rudnia is located in Varėna District Municipality
Rudnia
Rudnia
Location in Varėna district municipality
Location of Varėna district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°04′08″N 24°40′08″E / 54.06889°N 24.66889°E / 54.06889; 24.66889
Country Lithuania
County Alytus
MunicipalityVarėna
EldershipKaniavos [lt] (Kaniava)
Population
 (2011 Census)[1]
 • Total
74
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Rudnia is a village in Kaniavos eldership [lt], Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 108 people.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 74.[1]

Etymology

The name Rudnia comes from the word Lithuanian: rudnia (a borrowing from Belarusian: рудня) which means 'a bog iron smelter'.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Population by locality". 2011 Population and Housing Census. Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Lithuanian Population and Housing Census 2001: Alytaus County" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  3. ^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 52. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.



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