Debeikiai is a town in
Anykščiai district municipality
Anykščiai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
Structure
District structure:
* 3 cities – Anykščiai, Kavarskas and Troškūnai;
* 8 towns – Andrioniškis, Debeikiai, Kurkliai, Skiemonys, Surdegis, Sv ...
, in
Utena County
Utena County ( lt, Utenos Apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the country's most sparsely populated county. The capital and the largest city in the county is Utena, which is from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. On 1 July 2 ...
, in northeast
Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 404 people.
Town established near
Anykšta river.
Education
*
Debeikiai primary school
Famous citizens
*
Jurgis Baranauskas (1859–1941),
book smuggler
Lithuanian book smugglers or Lithuanian book carriers ( lt, knygnešys, plural: lt, knygnešiaĩ, label=none) transported Lithuanian language books printed in the Latin alphabet into Lithuanian-speaking areas of the Russian Empire, defying a ba ...
.
References
Towns in Utena County
Towns in Lithuania
Vilkomirsky Uyezd
Anykščiai District Municipality
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