- Virbalis
Infobox Settlement
name = Virbalis
nickname =
settlement_type = City
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Virbalis
image_shield = Virbalis COA.gif
latd=54|latm=38|lats=0|latNS=N|longd=22|longm=49|longs=0|longEW=E
coordinates_display= inline,title
coordinates_type = region:LT_type:city(1300)
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = LTU
subdivision_type1 = Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1 =Suvalkija
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Marijampolė County
subdivision_type3 = Municipality
subdivision_name3 =Vilkaviškis district municipality
subdivision_type4 = Eldership
subdivision_name4 = Virbalis eldership
subdivision_type6 = Capital of
subdivision_name6 = Virbalis eldership
established_date = 1529
established_title = First mentioned
established_date2 = 1593
established_title2= Granted city rights
population_total = 1,314
population_as_of = 2005
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3Virbalis (pronunciation|Virbalis.ogg) is a city in the
Vilkaviškis district municipality ,Lithuania . It is located convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on west ofVilkaviškis .Under the ancient German name "Wirballen" it is a very often mentioned placename in historical as well in modern literature, because it was the first station for stagecoaches and later railway station in the
Russian Empire leaving Germany. The once German station of thePrussian Eastern Railway on the other side of the frontier was "Eydtkuhnen", todayChernyshevskoye .
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