Poškonys Explained

Poškonys
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Poškonys
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Vilnius County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Šalčininkai District Municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Poškonys eldership
Coordinates:54.2639°N 25.6189°W
Established Title:First mentioned
Population Total:129
Population As Of:2011
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Poškonys [poʃ'koːnʲiːs] (Polish: Paszki) is a village in Vilnius County, southeast of Šalčininkai, Lithuania, in the so-called Dieveniškės appendix. While the inhabitants of Dieveniškės appendix are mostly Polish by ethnicity, Poškonys from the old days had a Lithuanian majority. The village itself belongs to ethno-cultural reserve and has an architectural monument status. There's a museum full of traditional Lithuanian craft, various household items, and a protected stone at the crossroad of . The 2011 census recorded a population of 129 living in Poškonys.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gyventojai gyvenamosiose vietovėse . 2013-01-25 . . 2017-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202041346/https://osp.stat.gov.lt/documents/10180/217110/Gyv_gyvenamosiose_vietovese_atnaujintas_130125.xls . 2017-02-02 . dead .