Šukioniai
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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.
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Šukioniai | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 55°56′30″N 23°43′00″E | |
Country | Lithuania |
County | Šiauliai County |
Municipality | Pakruojis District Municipality |
Eldership | Lygumai Eldership |
First mentioned | 1372 |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 357 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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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]