Vainutas
{{Expand Lithuanian|topic=geo|date=December 2010|Vainutas}}
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Vainutas is a small town in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 746 people.{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_06.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|access-date=August 17, 2017}}
History
During the Second World War, the Jewish community was assassinated in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen.{{Cite web|url=http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/164/|title = Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania}} There is a monument on the site of the massacre.
References
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{{Klaipeda County}}
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Category:Towns in Klaipėda County
Category:Holocaust locations in Lithuania
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