Prenai [2] [3] ( lit. Prienai ; until 1917 - Preny ) is a city in Lithuania . The center of the Prenai district .
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lit. Prienai | |||
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A country | ![]() | ||
County | Kaunas | ||
Area | Prenai | ||
Starostvo | Prenai city | ||
The mayor | Alvydas Weizekauskas | ||
History and Geography | |||
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First mention | 1502 | ||
City with | 1609 | ||
Center height | |||
Timezone | UTC + 2 | ||
Population | |||
Population | 10 719 people ( 2010 ) | ||
Katoykonim | henchmen, henchman [1] | ||
Digital identifiers | |||
Telephone code | +370 319 | ||
Population - 11.0 thousand people.
Content
Geography
Church
The city is located on the Neman River , 95 km from the capital, Vilnius .
History
Prenai was first mentioned in 1502 . Magdeburg Law was granted to Prenay in 1609 , after which the active development of the city began, continuing in the 17th-18th centuries.
Twin Cities
- Luban , Poland
- Asikkala , Finland
- Talsi , Latvia
Famous Natives and Residents
- Bluma Zeigarnik (1900-1988) is a Soviet psychologist.
- Markas Zingeris (born 1947) is a Lithuanian writer, poet, playwright, translator, and journalist.
- Justinas Martsinkevičius (1930–2011) - Lithuanian poet, novelist, playwright.
Notes
- ↑ Gorodetskaya I. L., Levashov E. A. Prenay // Russian names of inhabitants: Dictionary-reference book. - M .: AST , 2003 .-- S. 237. - 363 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-016914-0 .
- ↑ Ageenko F.L. Prenay // Dictionary of proper names of the Russian language. Stress Pronunciation. Inflection . - M .: World and Education; Onyx, 2010 .-- 880 p. - ISBN 5-94666-588-X , 978-5-94666-588-9.
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 383. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .