Virbalis
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| Country |  Lithuania |
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| Ethnographic region | Sudovia | ||
| County | Marijampolė County | ||
| Municipality | Vilkaviškis district municipality | ||
| Elderate | Virbalis elderate | ||
| Capital of | Virbalis elderate | ||
| First mentioned | 1529 | ||
| Granted city rights | 1593 | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 1,314 | ||
| - Rank | 91 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Virbalis (pronunciation ) is a city in Vilkaviškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is 12 km 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 on the other side of the frontier was Eydtkuhnen, today Chernyshevskoye.
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