Šiupyliai

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Šiupyliai
Village
Šiupyliai
Location of Šiupyliai
Coordinates: 56°5′40″N 23°9′0″E / 56.09444°N 23.15000°E / 56.09444; 23.15000Coordinates: 56°5′40″N 23°9′0″E / 56.09444°N 23.15000°E / 56.09444; 23.15000
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Šiauliai County
Municipality Šiauliai district municipality
Eldership Gruzdžiai eldership
Population (2001)
  Total 395
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Šiupyliai is a small village in Šiauliai district, Lithuania, with a population of 395 according to the 2001 census.[1] It has a wooden church, built in 1924 and named after Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.[2] According to folk etymology, village's name is derived from supiltas (from "pour") in reference to a nearby hill fort.[3]

References

  1. (Lithuanian) Šiaulių apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai. Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 96. ISBN 9986-589-94-0. 
  2. (Lithuanian) Semaška, Algimantas (2006). Kelionių vadovas po Lietuvą: 1000 lankytinų vietovių norintiems geriau pažinti gimtąjį kraštą (4th ed.). Vilnius: Algimantas. p. 492. ISBN 9986-509-90-4. 
  3. (Lithuanian) Kviklys, Bronius (1966). Mūsų Lietuva III. Boston: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 41. OCLC 3303503. 


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