Svėdasai
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region
| subdivision_name1=Aukštaitija
| subdivision_type2=County
| subdivision_name2=17px Utena County
| subdivision_type3=Municipality
| subdivision_name3=Anykščiai district municipality
| subdivision_type4=Eldership
| subdivision_name4=Svėdasai eldership
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| subdivision_name5=Svėdasai eldership
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| population_total = 884
| population_as_of = 2011
| timezone =EET
| utc_offset =+2
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Svėdasai is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.
History
The name according to Kazimieras Būga is of Selonian origin.{{in lang|lt}} [http://www.svedasai.lt/istor.htm History of Svėdasai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327140132/http://www.svedasai.lt/istor.htm |date=2008-03-27 }}
In July 1941, 245 to 386 people were murdered in a mass execution near Svėdasai most must have been Jews.{{cite web|url=http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/195/|title=Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania|publisher=holocaustatlas.lt|accessdate=2016-08-01}}
Gallery
Image:N.Sansonas d'Abbevillis, Lietuvos dalies žemėlapis 1665 m., Vilkmergės pavietas.png|Svėdasai (Swiadosci) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
Image:Svėdasų Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bažnyčia.jpg|St. Michael the Archangel Church
Image:Svėdasai, gimnazija.JPG|Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium
Image:Alaušas001.JPG|Alaušas lake
References
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{{Utena County}}
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Category:Towns in Utena County
Category:Holocaust locations in Lithuania
Category:Anykščiai District Municipality
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