Svėdasai

Svėdasai
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Svėdasai Location of Svėdasai
Coordinates: 55°40′0″N 25°22′0″E / 55.66667°N 25.36667°E / 55.66667; 25.36667Coordinates: 55°40′0″N 25°22′0″E / 55.66667°N 25.36667°E / 55.66667; 25.36667
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
County	Utena County
Municipality	Anykščiai district municipality
Eldership	Svėdasai eldership
Capital of	Svėdasai eldership
Population (2011)
• Total	884
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Svėdasai is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.

The name according to Kazimieras Būga is of Selonian origin. In July 1941, 245 to 386 people were murdered in a mass execution near Svėdasai most must have been Jews.

Svėdasai (Swiadosci) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)

St. Michael the Archangel Church

Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium

Alaušas lake

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