Kalinas (Lithuania)
Appearance
Kalinas | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 54°48′32″N 25°16′59″E / 54.80889°N 25.28306°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
County | Vilnius County |
Municipality | Vilnius district municipality |
Eldership | Riešė Eldership |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 69 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kalinas (Polish: Kalin) is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Riešė Eldership. It is located 2 kilometers northeast of Didžioji Riešė, by the Riešė river.
History
[edit]In 1861, a 200-hectare land in present-day Kalinas was bought by a manor lord and engineer from Vilnius and named Miedziechowszczyzna (Lithuanian: Miedziechovščyzna). Later, the area was renamed to Kalin.
The village was formerly known as Medikiškės, later Kalina.
For a short period during the Soviet occupation, it was a local administrative centre.
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