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Skaudvilė

Skaudvilė (, Samogitian: Skaudvėlė) is a town in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located north-east of Tauragė.

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Place details

Locality: Skaudvilė
Region: Tauragės apskritis
Country: Lietuva
Population: 0

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Key facts

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.settlement_type: Town
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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map: Lithuania
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Skaudvilė
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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name: Lithuania
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1: Ethnographic region
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Inception: 1760

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Official name: Skaudvilė
Country: Lithuania
Located in: Tauragė District Municipality
Population: +1463
Area: +3.89
Elevation: +103
Image: Skaudvilė3.JPG

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Skaudvilė (, Samogitian: Skaudvėlė) is a town in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located north-east of Tauragė.

==History== During World War II, the town was under Soviet occupation from 1940, and then under German occupation from 1941 to 1944. In August 1941, the Jewish community of the town was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe. 300 Jews were killed.