Kurkliai
Sign in to saveKurkliai (Yiddish: קורקלע; ) is a town in Anykščiai district municipality, in Utena County, in northeast Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 374 people. Center of eldership. In town there is Anykščiai Regional Park.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kurkliai
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- Town
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- Kurkliai, bendruomenės namai.JPG
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- Community House
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- Lithuania
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- Location in Lithuania
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- Country
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- County
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- 17px Utena County
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- Municipality
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- Anykščiai
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- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 374
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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- +2
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- EEST
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- +3
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Anykščiai District Municipality
- Population
- 374
- Elevation
- 85
- Image
- Kurkliai, bendruomenės namai.JPG
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- postal code
- 29015
- Commons category
- Kurkliai
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kurkliai (Yiddish: קורקלע; ) is a town in Anykščiai district municipality, in Utena County, in northeast Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 374 people. Center of eldership. In town there is Anykščiai Regional Park.
==History== The town had an important Jewish community before World War II. Jews of the town shared the fate of the Jews of Ukmergė and of the surroundings, who were massacred in a mass execution in the Pivonija forest on September 5, 1941. An old wooden synagogue is still standing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurkliai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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