Varnupiai

Varnupiai
Varnupiai
Coordinates: 54°29′0″N 23°31′0″E / 54.48333°N 23.51667°ECoordinates: 54°29′0″N 23°31′0″E / 54.48333°N 23.51667°E[1]
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Suvalkija
County Marijampolė County
Municipality Marijampolė municipality
Elderate Igliauka elderate
Population (2001)[2]
 • Total 210
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Varnupiai is the small village in Marijampolė municipality, Lithuania, 4 miles southwest of Daukšiai. In the south of the village is Žuvinto Palios, the swamp of Žuvintas Lake.[3]

Varnupiai mound

On the area of the village stands Varnupiai Mound - one of the most impressive remaining of the Yotvingians culture, researched by archaeologists in 1971.

People

Reference

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varnupiai.
  1. ↑ http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Varnupiai&country=LT
  2. ↑ http://www.stat.gov.lt/uploads/docs/Marijampoles_apskritis.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.giluitis.com/map/index_files/page0004.htm