Šimkaičiai
Sign in to saveŠimkaičiai (Samogitian: Šėmkātē, ) is a town in Jurbarkas district municipality, Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town had a population of 265 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 204.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Šimkaičiai
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Simkaiciai baznycia.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 175px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Simkaičiai COA.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lithuania Jurbarkas District Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_image
- Simkaiciu seniunija (Jurbarko rajono zemelapis).png
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jurbarkas district municipality220px|center
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tauragės
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Jurbarkas District Municipality
- Population
- +204
- Elevation
- +65
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Simkaiciai baznycia.jpg
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Šimkaičiai (Samogitian: Šėmkātē, ) is a town in Jurbarkas district municipality, Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town had a population of 265 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 204.
Before World War II the town had a Jewish population. In July, 1941, they were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen and their Lithuanian collaborators.