Upyna

Upyna (, 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.

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Settlement.official_name: Upyna
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Upyna.JPG
Settlement.image_shield: Upynosherbas.PNG
Settlement.pushpin_map: Lithuania Šilalė District Municipality
Settlement.pushpin_image: Upynos seniunija (Silales rajono zemelapis).png
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Šilalė district municipality220px|center
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tauragė
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Šilalė
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Eldership
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Upynos
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 375
Settlement.timezone: EET

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Population: 375
Elevation: 132
Image: Upyna.JPG

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Upyna (, 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.

==History== In 1941, 100 Jews were massacred in a mass execution by an Einsatzgruppen. There is a small memorial at the execution site.