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Užpaliai | |
Coordinates: 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E / 55.63889; 25.58306 | |
Country | Lithuania |
County | Utena County |
Municipality | Utena district municipality |
Eldership | Užpaliai eldership |
Population | |
• Total | 630 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Užpaliai (traditional Russian: Ушполь, Polish: Uszpolski) is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 758 people.
History
The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish out of a total population of 740 people. In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites.
Gallery
- Užpaliai (Wyspol) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
- Parish
- Town centre
- Arriving from Utena
- Orthodox church
- Lithuanian book smuggler Juozas Baranauskas house
References
- "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- "Jew Enc".
- "Uzpaliai, Lithuania".
- "Lith Comm".
- "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
- "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
- "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
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