Šalčininkai

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Šalčininkai Soleczniki
Town
City centre with monument to Adam Mickiewicz
Coat of arms
Šalčininkai Location of Šalčininkai
Coordinates: 54°19′0″N 25°23′0″E / 54.31667°N 25.38333°E / 54.31667; 25.38333Coordinates: 54°19′0″N 25°23′0″E / 54.31667°N 25.38333°E / 54.31667; 25.38333
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Dzūkija
County	Vilnius County
Municipality	Šalčininkai district municipality
Eldership	Šalčininkai eldership
Capital of	Šalčininkai district municipality Šalčininkai eldership
First mentioned	1311
Granted town rights	1956
Population  (2020)
• Total	6,715
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Šalčininkai (pronunciation (help·info), Polish: Soleczniki, Yiddish: סאָלעטשניק‎ Solechnik, Belarusian: Салечнікі) is a town in Vilnius County, Lithuania, situated south-east of Vilnius, near the border with Belarus.

Šalčininkai attained the town status in 1956 and is now a capital of the Šalčininkai district municipality. Šalčininkai features a multi-ethnic population of Poles (72%), Lithuanians (13%), Russians (7%), Belarusians (4%).^[1] Šalčininkai contains the highest percentage number of Poles of any town in Lithuania. The town's coat of arms, designed by Arvydas Každailis, shows three hazelnuts symbolizing solidarity of the population. Polish pole vaulting Olympic champion Władysław Kozakiewicz was born in the town.

Notable people[]

• Władysław Kozakiewicz (born 1950), Polish pole vaulter and Olympic champion
• Henoch Leibowitz
• Aaron Soltz

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Šalčininkai is twinned with:^[2]

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