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Kabeliai
Kabeliai
Village
	Street of Kabeliai
	Kabeliai Kabeliai
	Coordinates: 53°57′11″N 24°17′49″E / 53.95306°N 24.29694°E
Country	Lithuania
County	Alytus County
Municipality	Varėna district municipality
Population (2021)
• Total	122
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Kabeliai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 168 people.^[1]

According to the 1921 census, the village was inhabited by 258 people, among whom 240 were Roman Catholic, 4 Orthodox, and 14 Mosaic. At the same time, 8 inhabitants declared Polish nationality, 1 Belarusian, 14 Jewish and 235 Lithuanian. There were 44 residential buildings in the village.^[2]

In the years 1921-1945 the village was within the borders of Poland.

Kabeliai village is located c. 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Druskininkai, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Marcinkonys, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Ašašninkai (the nearest settlement) and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Belarusian border.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1959	278	—
1979	259	−6.8%
1989	255	−1.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
2001	229	−10.2%
2011	168	−26.6%
2021	122	−27.4%

Source: 1959, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Etymology

The name Kabeliai is of unclear origin. It may be from a Lithuanian personal name Kabẽlis which is known only from Panevėžys region and possibly comes from a word Lithuanian: kabelis ('a hang, a crook, a gaff'). Otherwise, it could be from Slavic personal names Polish: Kabel, Kobiel, Kobel, Kobil, Belarusian: Кобель which descent from Belarusian: кабель, кобель 'a male wolf, a male dog, a womaniser'. It could be directly from this word as it is said that Kabeliai was a hunting dog breeding place. Finally, Belarusian: кобялка, Polish: kobiałka mean 'a basket', so it could mean 'a basket weathers' place'.^[3]

References

^ "2001 census" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych., t. T. 5, województwo białostockie, 1924, s. 31.
^ Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 26. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.

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[1] "2001 census" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.

[2] Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: opracowany na podstawie wyników pierwszego powszechnego spisu ludności z dn. 30 września 1921 r. i innych źródeł urzędowych., t. T. 5, województwo białostockie, 1924, s. 31.

[3] Šimkus, Šarūnas (2023). Varėnos krašto vietovardžių etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Liutauras Leščinskas. p. 26. ISBN 978-609-447-388-3.

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