Gelvonai
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Gelvonai is a town in Širvintos district municipality
, Vilnius County
, east Lithuania
. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 380 people. The town has a church of Catholics.
Širvintos district municipality
Širvintos district municipality is a municipality in Lithuania, it is in territory of Vilniaus Apskritis and its capital is Širvintos.-Geography:...
, Vilnius County
Vilnius County
Vilnius County is the largest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Vilnius County remains as the territorial and statistical unit.-History:Until the Partitions of...
, east Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 380 people. The town has a church of Catholics.
Famous citizens
- Antanas BaranauskasAntanas BaranauskasAntanas Baranauskas was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and a catholic bishop of Polish town Sejny. Baranauskas is best known as the author of the Lithuanian language poem Anykščių šilelis. He used various pseudonyms, including A.B., Bangputys, Jurksztas Smalaūsis, Jurkštas Smalaūsis, and Baronas...
, Lithuanian poet, mathematician and a catholic bishop.