Marcinkonys
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Marcinkonys
|nickname =
|settlement_type = Village
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|pushpin_label_position =Location in Lithuania
|image_skyline = Winter river in Marcinkonys - Зимняя радость - panoramio.jpg
|image_caption = Marcinkonys area during winter
|image_shield = Marcinkonys COA.gif
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{LTU}}
|subdivision_type1= Ethnographic region
|subdivision_name1= Dzūkija
|subdivision_type2= County
|subdivision_name2= 17px Alytus County
|subdivision_type3= Municipality
|subdivision_name3= Varėna district municipality
|subdivision_type4= Eldership
|subdivision_name4= Marcinkonys eldership
|subdivision_type5= Capital of
|subdivision_name5= Marcinkonys eldership
|established_title=
|established_date =
|population_total = 484
|population_as_of = 2023https://varena.lt/seniunijos/marcinkoniu-seniunija/
|timezone=EET
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Marcinkonys (Polish: Marcinkańce) is a village in Varėna district, Lithuania, located 21 km. south-west of Varėna. It is the administrative center of the Marcinkonys Eldership and it houses the administrations of the Dzūkija National Park and Čepkeliai Nature Reserve. According to the 2020 estimate, it had 591 residents.{{Cite web|url=https://varena.lt/seniunijos/marcinkoniu-seniunija/|title=Marcinkonių seniūnija}}
Marcinkonys town is located c. {{convert|34|km}} from Druskininkai, {{convert|25|km}} from Varėna.
History
Throughout the history the place was under Russian, Polish, and Soviet rules and therefore it may be referred to by multiple names and spellings, including Marcinkańce (Polish name), Martsinkantse (phonemic transliteration of the Polish name), Martsinkantsy (transliteration of the Russified Polish name), and Martsinkonis (transliteration of Russian Марцинконис).United States Board of Geographic Names - Marcinkonys. Accessed January 23, 2014.
The settlement was first mentioned in 1637 as a camp of foresters. It began growing after completion of the railway station in its location for the Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway in 1864.
During the Holocaust, the town had the Marcinkonys Ghetto for the Lithuanian Jews. Some Jews escaped during the liquidation of the ghetto and managed to survive the war.
Etymology
The name Marcinkonys comes from a personal name {{langx|lt|Marcinkónis}} (also Marcìnka, Marciñkus) which originates from Slavic forms for a name Martin, Marcin ({{langx|pl|Marcinko, Marcinek}}, {{langx|be|Маpтынчык}}).{{cite book
|last= Šimkus
|first= Šarūnas
|author-link=
|date=2023
|title= Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas
|url=
|location=Vilnius
|publisher= Liutauras Leščinskas
|pages= 36–37
|isbn= 978-609-447-388-3
|volume=
|language = Lithuanian
}}
Demographics
{{historical populations| width = 10em| cols = 2
|align=center| percentages =
|1959|1223
|1979|1080
|1989|835
|2001|765
|2011|640
|2021|493
| source = [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/w/images/7/79/Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1959_ir_1970.pdf 1959], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1979.pdf 1979], [https://knyga.lietuvai.lt/wiki/Indeksas:Lietuvos_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymas_1989.pdf 1989], [https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/212976/Alytaus_apskritis.pdf 2001], [http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/dalis_10.pdf 2011]}}
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Category:Villages in Alytus County
Category:Varėna District Municipality
Category:Holocaust locations in Lithuania
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