Official Name: | Puvočiai |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania Varėna District Municipality |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Varėna district municipality |
Coordinates: | 54.1167°N 42°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Alytus |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Varėna |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | Marcinkonys |
Population Total: | 50 |
Population As Of: | 2021 Census |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Puvočiai is a village in Marcinkonys Eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 71 people.[1] At the 2011 census, the population was 57.[2]
Puvočiai village is located c. from Varėna, from Druskininkai, from Trasninkas (the nearest settlement).
The name Puvočiai (known as Polish: Puchacze, Puhacze, Russian: Пугачи|Pugachi in earlier written sources) comes a popular Dzūkian personal name Pugãčius, Pugačiáuskas, Pugačáuskas which originates from Slavic names Пугач (it means 'a horned owl'). The current form Puvočiai sounds as made from Lithuanian: pūti 'to rot' because of paronymic attraction.[3]