Giraitė (Varėna) Explained

Official Name:	Giraitė
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Lithuania Varėna District Municipality
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Varėna district municipality
Coordinates:	54.2739°N 24.6589°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Alytus
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Varėna
Subdivision Type3:	Eldership
Population Total:	61
Population As Of:	2011 Census
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3

Giraitė is a village in, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 Census, the population was 61,^[1] down from 89 at the 2001 census.^[2]

Etymology

The name Giraitė comes from a word Lithuanian: giraitė 'a little grove'.^[3]

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population by locality . . 2011 Population and Housing Census . Statistics Lithuania . 10 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130922204407/http://web.stat.gov.lt/uploads/docs/Population_by_locality.xls . 22 September 2013 .
2. Web site: Lithuanian Population and Housing Census 2001: Alytaus County . . Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania) . lt . 5 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130922203005/http://web.stat.gov.lt/uploads/docs/Alytaus_apskritis.pdf . 22 September 2013 .
3. Book: Šimkus , Šarūnas . 2023 . Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas . Vilnius . Liutauras Leščinskas . 21 . 978-609-447-388-3. Lithuanian.