Margionys Explained

Margionys
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Varėna District Municipality#Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Margionys
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:54°N 24.2833°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Dzūkija
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Alytus County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Varėna district municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Marcinkonys eldership
Population Total:39
Population As Of:2021
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Margionys is a village in Dzukija National Park in Lithuania, located south-west of Marcinkonys. It is located 115 km away from Vilnius, 50 km away from Alytus and at the hand's reach from Druskininkai.

Back in the year 1637, Margionys had 11 households. Number of households in the village increased to 44 by the year 1889, with a total population of 271 individuals at the time. After the plague and wars, the village shrunk, with only two families living in it in 1738. By 1959, the village again had 261 inhabitants. This number has decreased to 98 in 1998 and 81 in 2003.[1]

Etymology

The name Margionys (known as Polish: Morgiewicze, Russian: Моргевичи, German: Morgjewitschi in earlier written sources) comes from a personal name Margẽvičius or Márgis which may be from Lithuanian: mar̃gis, márgis. This word either means 'a speckled one' or 'a morgen'. The prior village name was Skroblininkai which was granted according the name of the Skroblus River.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.margionys.lt/en/margioniai/ "information about Margionys"
  2. Book: Šimkus , Šarūnas . 2023 . Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas . Vilnius . Liutauras Leščinskas . 37 . 978-609-447-388-3. Lithuanian.