Dailučiai

Dailučiai
Dailučiai
Coordinates: 54°37′20″N 22°53′10″E / 54.62222°N 22.88611°E / 54.62222; 22.88611Coordinates: 54°37′20″N 22°53′10″E / 54.62222°N 22.88611°E / 54.62222; 22.88611
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Suvalkija
County	Marijampolė County
Municipality	Vilkaviškis district municipality
Elderate	Virbalis elderate
Population (2001)
– Total	179
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Dailučiai is a small village in Marijampolė County, Lithuania. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east from Virbalis near the Marijampolė−Kybartai road. According to the census of 2001, it had 179 residents.^[1]

Dailučiai was established after World War I when Versnupiai manor was abolished.

Famous people

Algimantas Sakalauskas, Lithuanian folk artist and wood sculptor, was born in Dailučiai.^[2]

References

1. ^ (Lithuanian) Marijampolės apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai. Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 79. ISBN 9986-589-89-4. http://www.stat.gov.lt/uploads/docs/Marijampoles_apskritis.pdf. 
2. ^ (Lithuanian) "Algimantas Sakalauskas". The folk-art of Prienai region. 2000. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20071116224416/http://discovery.ot.lt/Cfair2000/drozimas/a_asakab.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-03.