Želva
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Želva is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. Želva is 14 miles east of the city Ukmergė. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 457 people. As a shtetl in the early 20th century, it was known as Pazelva (Hebrew: Podzelva). Its residents were Jewish and primarily spoke Yiddish.
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- Locality
- Želva
- Region
- Vilniaus apskritis
- Country
- Lietuva
- Population
- 0
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- Želva
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- Town
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- Lithuania
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- Location in Lithuania
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- Country
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- County
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- 20px Vilnius County
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- Municipality
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- Ukmergė district municipality
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- Eldership
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- Želva eldership
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- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 457
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- EET
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- +2
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- EEST
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- +3
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- Official name
- Želva
- Population
- 364
- Area
- 2.73
- Elevation
- 140
- Image
- Zelva church.JPG
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Želva is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. Želva is 14 miles east of the city Ukmergė. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 457 people. As a shtetl in the early 20th century, it was known as Pazelva (Hebrew: Podzelva). Its residents were Jewish and primarily spoke Yiddish.
==History== The town has a Catholic church and a synagogue. Želva is the birthplace of Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Aaron Klug.
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