Švenčionys, Vilnius County, Lithuania
🇱🇹 Švenčionys is a town located 84 km north of Vilnius in Lithuania. It is the capital of the Švenčionys district municipality. About 17% of the population is part of the Polish minority in Lithuania. Vasiuliškė is a village in Švenčionys District Municipality, in Vilnius County, in south-east Lithuania.
One of the oldest towns in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the settlement was a major centre of Nalšia. Grand Duke Vytautas settled Lipka Tatars in the town and built a Catholic church in 1414. The place grew from the 14th to 16th centuries, becoming the site of a local court and monastery. From 1801 the town was part of the Russian Vilna Governorate and grew significantly after completion of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway in 1862, but eventually lost competition to Švenčionėliai, which grew around the train station. At the turn of the 20th century the town had one Greek Orthodox church and one Roman Catholic church.
During the 1812 French invasion of Russia, Napoleon stayed in the town for 12 hours to write orders and receive an envoy from the King of Naples. The town was one of the main centres of the November Uprising (1830–1831) in Poland and Lithuania against the Russian Empire.
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Švenčionys has a population of over 4,065 people. Švenčionys also forms the centre of the wider Švenčionys district municipality which has a population of over 24,608 people. Švenčionys is situated 87 km north-east of Vilnius.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Švenčionys district municipality has links with:
🇧🇾 Hlybokaye, Belarus 🇵🇱 Świdnica, Poland🏴 Cramlington 55.087
🇷🇺 Novosibirsk 55.05
🇿🇦 Bloemfontein 26.223
🇷🇴 Piatra Neamţ 26.371
Locations Near: Švenčionys 26.157,55.1333
🇱🇹 Utena 25.602,55.496 d: 53.5
🇱🇻 Daugavpils 26.542,55.89 d: 87.6
🇱🇹 Naujoji Vilnia 25.409,54.694 d: 68.4
🇱🇹 Verkiai 25.283,54.753 d: 70.1
🇱🇹 Vilnius 25.276,54.684 d: 75.3
🇧🇾 Lida 25.294,53.888 d: 149.3
🇧🇾 Minsk 27.482,53.941 d: 157.7
🇧🇾 Partyzanski 27.51,53.951 d: 157.8
Antipodal to: Švenčionys -153.843,-55.133
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15818.8
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15835.2
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15245.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15168.5
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11690.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11576.9
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11560.1
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 11557.9