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Alternate names: Leipalingis [Lith], Lejpuny [Pol], Leipun, לייפּון [Yid], Leipuny, Лейпуны [Rus], Leypalingis, Leipalingio, Leipalingės. 54°05' N, 23°51' E, 37 miles E of Suwałki, 23 miles SSW of Alytus (Olita), 20 miles E of Sejny. Jewish population: 182 (in 1897), 119 (in 1921). ShtetLink. Jewish population: 182 (in 1897), 119 (in 1921). also see Merkine for Holocaust information.

  • Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 714: "Leipalingis".
  • Pinkas HaKehilot, Lithuania (1996), p. 357: "Leipalingis"

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