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Panočiai

Coordinates: 54°07′08″N 24°45′50″E / 54.11889°N 24.76389°E / 54.11889; 24.76389
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Panočiai
Village
Panočiai is located in Varėna District Municipality
Panočiai
Panočiai
Location in Varėna district municipality
Location of Varėna district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°07′08″N 24°45′50″E / 54.11889°N 24.76389°E / 54.11889; 24.76389
Country Lithuania
County Alytus
MunicipalityVarėna
EldershipKaniavos [lt] (Kaniava)
Population
 (2011 Census)[1]
 • Total284
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Panočiai (formerly Polish: Ponacza, Russian: Понача) 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 320 people.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 284.[1]

Etymology

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The name Panočiai comes from the name of the Nočia River (i. e. means 'a place by the Nočia').[3]

References

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  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.
  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. 47. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.