Lynežeris is a village in Kaniavos eldership [lt], Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 34 people.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 24.[1]

Lynežeris
Village
Lynežeris is located in Varėna District Municipality
Lynežeris
Lynežeris
Location in Varėna district municipality
Location of Varėna district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°03′40″N 24°34′19″E / 54.06111°N 24.57194°E / 54.06111; 24.57194
Country Lithuania
County Alytus County
MunicipalityVarėna
EldershipKaniavos [lt] (Kaniava)
Population
 (2011 Census)[1]
 • Total24
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Etymology edit

The name Lynežeris comes from the nearby lake of the same name. It means 'a lake of tenches' (Lithuanian: lynas 'a tench' + Lithuanian: ežeras 'a lake'). The village is mentioned in earlier sources as Polish: Linica and Russian: Линица (from the word of same origin Belarusian: лінь, лін 'a tench').[3]

References edit

  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. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  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. 35. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.