Margionys | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Varėna District Municipality#Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Margionys |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 54°N 24.2833°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Dzūkija |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Alytus County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Varėna district municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name4: | Marcinkonys eldership |
Population Total: | 39 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Margionys is a village in Dzukija National Park in Lithuania, located south-west of Marcinkonys. It is located 115 km away from Vilnius, 50 km away from Alytus and at the hand's reach from Druskininkai.
Back in the year 1637, Margionys had 11 households. Number of households in the village increased to 44 by the year 1889, with a total population of 271 individuals at the time. After the plague and wars, the village shrunk, with only two families living in it in 1738. By 1959, the village again had 261 inhabitants. This number has decreased to 98 in 1998 and 81 in 2003.[1]
The name Margionys (known as Polish: Morgiewicze, Russian: Моргевичи, German: Morgjewitschi in earlier written sources) comes from a personal name Margẽvičius or Márgis which may be from Lithuanian: mar̃gis, márgis. This word either means 'a speckled one' or 'a morgen'. The prior village name was Skroblininkai which was granted according the name of the Skroblus River.[2]