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Zapyškis
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Zapyškis (, Sapizishok) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania on the left bank of the Nemunas River. As of 2011 it had a population of 264.

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Place details

Locality
Kluoniškiai
Region
Kauno apskritis
Country
Lietuva
Population
0

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Key facts

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Zapyškis
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The old church of Zapyškis
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Lithuania
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Country
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Ethnographic&nbsp;region
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Suvalkija
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County
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20px Kaunas County
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Municipality
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Kaunas district municipality
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Eldership
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Zapyškis eldership
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2011
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264

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Zapyškis (, Sapizishok) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania on the left bank of the Nemunas River. As of 2011 it had a population of 264.

==History== The town is famous for its old early Gothic church (built between 1530 and 1578), which is depicted in town's coat of arms. A new church was built in 1942. According to tradition, the village was originally the location of one of the larger pagan temples of the Baltic tribes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zapyškis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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