Užpaliai | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°ECoordinates: 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
County | Utena County |
Municipality | Utena district municipality |
Eldership | Užpaliai eldership |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 877 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Užpaliai is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 877 people.
The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish on 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.
Užpaliai (Wyspol) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
Parish
Town centre
Arriving from Utena
Orthodox church
Lithuanian book smuggler Juozas Baranauskas house