Dubas (Varėna)

Dubas is a village in Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village had a population of 27 people.
In 1921–1945, the village was within the borders of the Second Polish Republic.
Ašašninkai village is located about from Druskininkai, from Šklėriai, from the border with Belarus.

Etymology

The name Dubas or Dūbas comes from the name of the nearby Dubas Lake. It is from a Lithuanian root dub- 'to sink, to sag'. The village is known as, in earlier sources. The part Wierchdubie means 'a place upon Dubas ' and Morozik may be from a personal name of Slavic origin,.