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Upyna
Town

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Upyna Location in Šilalė district municipality Location of Šilalė district in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°27′00″N 22°26′20″E / 55.45000°N 22.43889°E / 55.45000; 22.43889
Country	Lithuania
County	Tauragė
Municipality	Šilalė
Eldership	Upynos
Population (2011)
• Total	375
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Upyna (Polish: Upina, Samogitian: Opīna) is a small town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, in western Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 375 people.^[1]

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In 1941, 100 Jews were massacred in a mass execution by an Einsatzgruppen.^[2] There is a small memorial at the execution site.

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↑ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
↑ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".

v t e Tauragė County
Municipalities	Jurbarkas Pagėgiai Šilalė Tauragė
Cities	Jurbarkas Pagėgiai Panemunė Šilalė Skaudvilė Smalininkai Tauragė
Towns	Batakiai Eržvilkas Gaurė Kaltinėnai Kvėdarna Laukuva Pagramantis Pajūris Raudonė Seredžius Šimkaičiai Stakiai Teneniai Upyna Vadžgirys Veliuona Viešvilė Vilkyškiai Žvingiai Žygaičiai
Villages	Bitėnai Gūbriai Naukaimis II Skirsnemunė Stoniškiai

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