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Žarėnai

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Žarėnai (, ) is a town in Telšiai County, Lithuania. According to the 2022 census, the town has a population of 900 people.

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Place details

Locality
Žarėnai
Region
Telšių apskritis
Country
Lietuva

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Žarėnai
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
BZN_Zarenai_church_background_1.jpg
Settlement.image_seal
Zarenuherbas.PNG
Settlement.pushpin_map
Lithuania
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
Location in Lithuania
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
County
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Telšiai County
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Telšiai district municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Eldership
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Žarėnai eldership
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
499
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.timezone_DST
EEST

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Lithuania
Population
588
Elevation
163
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
BZN Zarenai church background 1.jpg
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Commons category
Žarėnai
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • References

Žarėnai (, ) is a town in Telšiai County, Lithuania. According to the 2022 census, the town has a population of 900 people.

==History== During World War II, 40 Jewish families are deported from this city. Other Jews are massacred in a mass execution on December 23, 1941, perpetrated by Lithuanian Nazis.

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

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