Virbalis

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Virbalis
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Virbalis Location of Virbalis
Coordinates: 54°38′0″N 22°49′0″E / 54.63333, 22.81667Coordinates: 54°38′0″N 22°49′0″E / 54.63333, 22.81667
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Suvalkija
County	Marijampolė County
Municipality	Vilkaviškis district municipality
Eldership	Virbalis eldership
Capital of	Virbalis eldership
First mentioned	1529
Granted city rights	1593
Population (2005)
- Total	1,314
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Virbalis ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city in the Vilkaviškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Vilkaviškis.

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 the Prussian Eastern Railway on the other side of the frontier was Eydtkuhnen, today Chernyshevskoye.

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