Rudnia (Kaniava) Explained

Official Name:	Rudnia
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Lithuania Varėna District Municipality
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Varėna district municipality
Coordinates:	54.0689°N 24.6689°W
Subdivision Name:	Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Alytus
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Varėna
Subdivision Type3:	Eldership
Subdivision Name3:	(Kaniava)
Population Total:	74
Population As Of:	2011 Census
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3

Rudnia is a village in, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 108 people.^[1] At the 2011 census, the population was 74.^[2]

Etymology

The name Rudnia comes from the word Lithuanian: rudnia (a borrowing from Belarusian: рудня) which means 'a bog iron smelter'.^[3]

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 .
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 .
Book: Šimkus , Šarūnas . 2023 . Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas . Vilnius . Liutauras Leščinskas . 52 . 978-609-447-388-3. Lithuanian.