Dailučiai

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Dailučiai
Coordinates: 54°37′20″N22°53′10″E / 54.62222°N 22.88611°E / 54.62222; 22.88611 Coordinates: 54°37′20″N22°53′10″E / 54.62222°N 22.88611°E / 54.62222; 22.88611
Country Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Suvalkija
County Marijampolė County
Municipality Vilkaviškis district municipality
Elderate Virbalis elderate
Population (2011)
  Total 147
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Dailučiai is a small village in Marijampolė County, Lithuania. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east from Virbalis near the MarijampolėKybartai road. According to the census of 2011, it had 147 residents. [1]

Marijampolė County County in Lithuania

Marijampolė County is one of the ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the south of the country in the historical Suvalkija region, and its capital is the town Marijampolė. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Marijampolė County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.

Lithuania republic in Northeastern Europe

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Lithuania is considered to be one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2019, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians are Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

Virbalis City in Suvalkija, Lithuania

Virbalis is a city in the Vilkaviškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Vilkaviškis.

Dailučiai was established after World War I when Versnupiai manor was abolished.

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Famous people

Algimantas Sakalauskas, Lithuanian folk artist and wood sculptor, was born in Dailučiai. [2]

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References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. "Algimantas Sakalauskas". The folk-art of Prienai region (in Lithuanian). 2000. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2010-01-03.