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Sasnava

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Sasnava
Town
Coat of arms of Sasnava
Sasnava is located in Lithuania
Sasnava
Sasnava
Coordinates: 54°38′50″N 23°27′40″E / 54.64722°N 23.46111°E / 54.64722; 23.46111
Country Lithuania
County Marijampolė County
Government
 • Mayor of MarijampolėVidmantas Brazys (LSDP)
 • Town elderNijolė Smilgienė
 • District commissaryRimvydas Miliūnas
Population
 (2011)
 • Total546
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Sasnava is a town in Marijampolė County, in southwestern Lithuania. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 546.[1] It is on the confluence of the Sasna [lt] River and its tributary, the Šešupė.

The name of the town comes from the river name Sasnà. The coat of arms of Sasnava was created according to this version. Another version claims that the Sasna stream comes from the Lithuanian word "susna" - which means decayed, withered.


References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 13, 2017.