Pumpėnai

Pumpėnai is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 855 people.

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Settlement.official_name: Pumpėnai
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Pumpenai1.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Pumpenuherbas.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Lithuania
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: Location in Lithuania
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 20px Panevėžys County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 855
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Population: 661
Image: Pumpenai1.jpg

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Pumpėnai is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 855 people.

==History== thumb|left|Building of Carmelites monastery thumb|left|Church of Pumpėnai thumb|200px|left|Windmill of Pumpėnai The first church in Pumpėnai was built around 1638. The town established itself due to the settlement of monks from the Order of Carmelites in 17th century. The monastery was built by Povilas and Jurgis Zavadskis and Juozapas Šyšla in 1655. The monastery was built from wood and burned down in 1770 and then was rebuilt. In 1792 Pumpėnai got Magdeburg rights.