Žeimiai

For the village in Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania, see Žeimiai (Varėna).
Žeimiai
Town

Coat of arms
Žeimiai

Location in Lithuania

Coordinates: 55°10′50″N 24°13′20″E / 55.18056°N 24.22222°E / 55.18056; 24.22222Coordinates: 55°10′50″N 24°13′20″E / 55.18056°N 24.22222°E / 55.18056; 24.22222
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
County Kaunas County
Municipality Jonava district municipality
Eldership Žeimiai eldership
Population (2001)
  Total 962
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Žeimiai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 962.

Jewish Population

Before the Holocaust, the town had a Jewish population who were murdered by the Nazi Einsatzgruppen and their Lithuanian neighbors.

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