Gelvonai
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Gelvonai
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Gelvonai Church.jpg
| image_flag =
| image_seal =
| image_shield = Gelvonai, herbas.jpg
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| pushpin_map = Lithuania
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Gelvonai in Lithuania
| coordinates = {{coord|55|04|01|N|24|41|38|E|region:LT|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Lithuania}}
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = 20px Vilnius County
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Širvintos district municipality
| subdivision_type3 = Eldership
| subdivision_name3 = Galvonai eldership
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 284
| population_as_of = 2011
| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
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Gelvonai is a town in Širvintos district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 284 people.{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_06.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|access-date=August 15, 2017}} The town has a Catholic church.
Its alternate names include Gelvonay, Gelvonis, Gelvony, Gelvonys, Giełwany (Polish), and Gelvan (Yiddish).United States Board on Geographic Names – Lithuania – Gelvonai. Accessed February 6, 2014.{{cite book|author=Dov Levin|title=The Litvaks: A Short History of the Jews in Lithuania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p23svLo1fOMC&pg=PA270|year=2000|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-1-57181-264-3|page=270}}
Famous citizens
- Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian poet, mathematician, and Catholic bishop.
References
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Category:Towns in Vilnius County
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