Gruzdžiai is a town in
Å iauliai County
Å iauliai County () is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the north of the country, and its capital is Å iauliai. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Å iauliai County remains as a territorial a ...
in northern-central
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. In 2011 it had a population of 1,467.
The town has a post office (ZIP code: 81024) and a gymnasium. Gruzdžiai was the birthplace of Lithuanian exile novelist
Marius Katiliškis
Marius Katiliškis (born Albinas Marius Vaitkus; 15 September 1914 – 17 December 1980) was a Lithuanian writer in exile.
Biography
Katiliškis's parents were from , on the northern border of Lithuania. The future writer was born in Gruzdžia ...
.
References
Towns in Lithuania
Towns in Å iauliai County
Shavelsky Uyezd
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