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Šimkaičiai
Šimkaičiai (Samogitian dialect, Samogitian: ''Šėmkātē'', pl, Szymkajcie) is a town in Jurbarkas district municipality, Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town had a population of 265 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 204. Before World War II the town had a Jewish population. In July, 1941, they were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen and their Lithuanian people, Lithuanian Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II, collaborators. References Towns in Lithuania Towns in Tauragė County Rossiyensky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Lithuania {{TauragėCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Lithuania
Towns in Lithuania ( lt, miestelis) retain their historical distinctiveness even though for statistical purposes they are counted together with villages. At the time of the census in 2001, there were 103 cities, 244 towns, and some 21,000 villages in Lithuania. Since then three cities (Juodupė, Kulautuva, and Tyruliai) and two villages (Salakas and Jūrė) became towns. Therefore, during the 2011 census, there were 249 towns in Lithuania. According to Lithuanian law, a town is a compactly-built settlement with a population of 500–3,000 and at least half of the population works in economic sectors other than agriculture. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
