Kupiškis district municipality
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| Kupiškio rajono savivaldybė | |||||
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| Location | |||||
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | ||||
| County | Panevėžys County | ||||
| General information | |||||
| Capital | Kupiškis | ||||
| Major settlements | Kupiškis (pop. 8,451) Subačius (pop. 1,180) |
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| Number of elderates | 6 | ||||
| Area (rank) | 1080 km² (37th) | ||||
| Population (rank) | 24,600 (50th) | ||||
| Pop. density (rank) | 22.8/km² (48th) | ||||
| Telephone code | 459 | ||||
| Official website | http://www.kupiskis.lt | ||||
| Population sizes are given according to the 2001 census data | |||||
| Politics | |||||
| Ruling party | Union of Farmers' Party and New Democracy Party | ||||
| Mayor | Leonas Apšega | ||||
| Size of the council | 25 members | ||||
| Map of Kupiškis district municipality | |||||
| Image:Kupiskis district map.png | |||||
Kupiškis district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
Kupiškis, known in Yiddish as Kupishok, was home to 1,444 Jews before World War II. Today no Jews live in Kupiškis much like the Germany of the 1940s. Amazingly, however, there are nearly 60 people around the world researching their Jewish ancestors from this small Lithuanian town. Most of them are listed in the JewishGen Family Finder.
The Great Synagogue in Kupiskis was made of stone. The red brick portion was a Misnagdim Synagogue. The Great Synagogue was used as the Culture House during the Soviet period. The Misnagdim portion is now used as a boiler room for heating the main building which now contains the Public Library and Wall of Memory Holocaust Memorial erected on July 13, 2004.
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