Užpaliai (traditional , ) is a town in

Utena County Utena County () 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 2010, the county admini ...

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. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 758 people.

History

The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish out of a total population of 740 people. In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an

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of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites.

Gallery

File:N.Sansonas d'Abbevillis, Lietuvos dalies žemėlapis 1665 m., Vilkmergės pavietas.png, Užpaliai (''Wyspol'') marked in

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map (1665) File:Užpalių seniūnija.JPG, Parish File:Užpalių centras.JPG, Town centre File:Užpaliai 2.JPG File:Užpaliai1.JPG, Arriving from

Utena Utena () is a city in north-east Lithuania. It is the administrative center of Utena district and Utena County. Utena is one of the oldest settlements of Lithuania. The name of the city is most probably derived from a hydronym. The name of the ...

File:Užpalių cerkvė.JPG, Orthodox church File:Knygnešio namas Užpaliai.JPG,

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Juozas Baranauskas house

References

Towns in Lithuania Towns in Utena County Vilkomirsky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Lithuania Utena District Municipality {{UtenaCounty-geo-stub