Capital of Svėdasai eldership Population 1,002 (2001) | Eldership Svėdasai eldership Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Sunday 2:53 AM | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 89% Humidity Municipality Anykščiai District Municipality | ||
Svėdasai is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.
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Map of Sv%C4%97dasai, Lithuania
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.
References
Svėdasai Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA