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Šukioniai

Coordinates: 55°56′30″N 23°43′00″E / 55.94167°N 23.71667°E / 55.94167; 23.71667
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Šukioniai
Village
School in Šukioniai named after Jonas Noreika
School in Šukioniai named after Jonas Noreika
Šukioniai is located in Lithuania
Šukioniai
Šukioniai
Location of Šukioniai
Coordinates: 55°56′30″N 23°43′00″E / 55.94167°N 23.71667°E / 55.94167; 23.71667
Country Lithuania
CountyŠiauliai County
MunicipalityPakruojis District Municipality
EldershipLygumai Eldership
First mentioned1372
Population
 (2011)
 • Total357
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Šukioniai is a village in the southwest of Pakruojis District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located near Vėzgė stream about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Pakruojis.

A hill fort at the location was destroyed by an attack of the Livonian Order in August 1372.[1]

Jonas Noreika, an anti-Soviet partisan accused of collaborating in the Holocaust, was born in the village in 1910. The village school is named after Noreika.[2][3][4]

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