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Smilgiai

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Smilgiai
Town
Coat of arms of Smilgiai
Smilgiai is located in Lithuania
Smilgiai
Smilgiai
Coordinates: 55°48′10″N 24°01′00″E / 55.80278°N 24.01667°E / 55.80278; 24.01667
Country Lithuania
County Panevėžys County
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
544
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Smilgiai church belfry

Smilgiai (Polish: Smilgie) is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 544 people.

Before The Holocaust the town had a Jewish population but they were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen and their Lithuanian collaborators.