| Svėdasai | |
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  SvėdasaiLocation of Svėdasai | |
| Coordinates: 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 | |
| • Total | 884 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Svėdasai is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.
History
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.
Gallery
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Svėdasai (Swiadosci) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
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St. Michael the Archangel Church
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Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium
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Alaušas lake
References
- (in Lithuanian) History of Svėdasai Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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