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# Marijampolė

A settlement in Lithuania.

## English name

**Marijampolė** — Official Lithuanian Latin-script name, retained with ė in edited English.

Other forms in use:

- **Marijampole** — Diacritic-free rendering of the Lithuanian name.
- **Mariampol** — Polish historical name, also used in older English geographical and Jewish historical sources.
- **Mariampole** — Older Latin-script rendering, found in English historical references.
- **Kapsukas** — Soviet-period official name, 1955–1989; the historical name was restored in 1989.
- **Мариямполе** — Russian Cyrillic rendering of the current name.
- **Мариамполь** — Older Russian Cyrillic name in imperial-period records.

## French name

**Marijampolė** — Same Lithuanian form as in English; French geographical writing also uses the unaccented form and the former Kapsukas in historical contexts.

Other forms in use:

- **Marijampole** — French typography may omit the dot above Lithuanian ė.
- **Mariampol** — Historical Polish-derived form used in French accounts of the region.
- **Mariampolé** — French adaptation explicitly recorded in French geographical references; secondary to the modern Lithuanian spelling.
- **Kapsukas** — Soviet-period name used in French references for 1955–1989; no longer the official name.

## About

Marijampolė is a city on the Šešupė in southwestern Lithuania. It is an important urban centre of the Suvalkija region and a centre of Lithuania’s national cultural revival.

## Notes

Marijampolė was renamed Kapsukas in 1955 and regained its historical name in 1989. Historical-language spellings vary; no present-day French government preference is claimed.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q1351046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351046) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/lithuania/marijampole/?format=json)


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