Marcinkonys Eldership Marcinkonių seniūnija
Eldership
Marcinkonys, the largest village in the eldership
Location of Marcinkonys Eldership
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Dzūkija
County	Alytus County
Municipality	Varėna District Municipality
Administrative centre	Marcinkonys
Area [1]
• Total	565 km2 (218 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	1,021
• Density	1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	varena.lt/seniunijos/marcinkoniu-seniunija/

Marcinkonys Eldership (Lithuanian: Marcinkonių seniūnija) is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the south western part of Varėna District Municipality.

Geography

Marcinkonys Eldership is mostly covered by the Dainava Forest and it is one of the most sparsely populated and largest Lithuanian elderships.^[1] It is in the Dainava Plain, undulated with massifs of continental dunes. The Čepkeliai Marsh is located at its southern part. Most of the eldership is inside the Dzūkija National Park.

• Rivers: Merkys, Ūla, Grūda, Skroblus.
• Lakes and ponds: Lavysas, Grūda Lake, Kastinis, Trikampis.
• Marshes: Čepkeliai Marsh
• Forests: Dainava Forest.
• Protected areas: Dzūkija National Park, Čepkeliai Nature Reserve.

Places of interest

• Wooden Catholic churches in Marcinkonys and Kabeliai villages
• Dzūkian Etnographical Museum in Marcinkonys
• Dzūkian Traditional Beekeeping Museum in Musteika
• Etnographical villages of Musteika, Margionys, Dubininkas, Zervynos, Mardasavas.
• Gražina Didelytė gallery "Andeinė" in Rudnia.
• Folk theater in Margionys.
• Old beekeeping hollows in pine trees (dravės).
• 'Lietuvio' lime tree in Margionys.
• Skroblus river source "Woman's Garden" (Bobos Daržas) in Margionys.
• Ūla river cliffs between Zervynos and Mančiagirė.
• The source "Ūla Eye" (Ūlos akis) nearby Mančiagirė.

Populated places

Following settlements are located in the Marcinkonys Eldership (as for the 2021 census):^[3]