Kvetkai
Kvetkai is a village in Biržai district municipality, northern Lithuania. It is located about 3 km away from the border with Latvia. Nemunėlis flows through the village.
Kvetkai | |
|---|---|
  Kvetkai Location of Kvetkai | |
| Coordinates: 56°08′N 25°08′E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Panevėžys County |
| Municipality | Biržai district municipality |
| Eldership | Papilys elderate |
| First mentioned | 1647 |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 244 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
It has a wooden St. John the Baptist Church (1772) and a primary school established in 1835.
Famous people
References
- Parapijos puslapis Archived 2008-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Kvetkų pagrindinės mokyklos puslapis
- "Kwietki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 5. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1884. p. 32.
- "Kwietki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). p. 207.
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