Smilgiai

Smilgiai
Town

Coat of arms
Smilgiai
Coordinates: LT 55°48′10″N 24°01′00″E / 55.80278°N 24.01667°E / 55.80278; 24.01667
Country  Lithuania
County Panevėžys County
Population (2001)
 • Total 652
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Smilgiai church belfry

Smilgiai is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 652 people.[1]

Before The Holocaust the town had a Jewish population but they were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen and their Lithuanian collaborators.

References

  1. ↑ "2001 census" (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved December 1, 2010.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.