Gelvonai

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| 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_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}}

File:Manor house in Gelvonai 1911.jpg

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{{Vilnius County}}

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Category:Towns in Vilnius County

Category:Towns in Lithuania

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