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Užpaliai

Užpaliai
Town
Skyline of Užpaliai
Užpaliai is located in Lithuania
Užpaliai
Užpaliai
Coordinates: 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E / 55.63889; 25.58306Coordinates: 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 (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



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