Kupiškis district municipality
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| Kupiškio rajono savivaldybė | |||||
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| Location | |||||
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | ||||
| Counties of Lithuania>County | Panevėžys County | ||||
| General information | |||||
| Capital | Kupiškis | ||||
| Major settlements | Kupiškis (pop. 8,451) Subačius (pop. 1,180) | ||||
| Elderate>Number of elderates | 6 | ||||
| Area (rank) | 37th) | ||||
| Population (rank) | 50th) | ||||
| Population density>Pop. density (rank) | 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 Municipality councils in Lithuania>council | 25 members | ||||
| Map of Kupiškis district municipality | |||||
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Kupiškis district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
Kupiskis, known in Yiddish as Kupishok, was home to 1,444 Jews before World War II. Today no Jews live in Kupiskis. 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.
| Municipalities of Lithuania | |
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| District municipalities: | Akmenė | Alytus | Anykščiai | Biržai | Ignalina | Jonava | Joniškis | Jurbarkas | Kaišiadorys | Kaunas | Kėdainiai | Kelmė | Klaipėda | Kretinga | Kupiškis | Lazdijai | Mažeikiai | Molėtai | Pakruojis | Panevėžys | Pasvalys | Plungė | Prienai | Radviliškis | Raseiniai | Rokiškis | Skuodas | Šakiai | Šalčininkai | Šiauliai | Šilalė | Šilutė | Širvintos | Švenčionys | Tauragė | Telšiai | Trakai | Ukmergė | Utena | Varėna | Vilkaviškis | Vilnius | Zarasai |
| City municipalities: | Alytus | Kaunas | Klaipėda | Palanga | Panevėžys | Šiauliai | Vilnius | Visaginas |
| Municipalities: | Birštonas | Druskininkai | Elektrėnai | Kalvarija | Kazlų Rūda | Marijampolė | Neringa | Pagėgiai | Rietavas |
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