Official Name: | Žarėnai |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Label Position: | Location in Lithuania |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Telšiai County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Telšiai district municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | Žarėnai eldership |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 499 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 55.8389°N 22.2031°W |
Žarėnai (sgs|Žarienā, pl|Żorany) is a town in Telšiai County, Lithuania. According to the 2022 census, the town has a population of 900 people.
During World War II, 40 Jewish families are deported from this city. Other Jews are massacred in a mass execution on December 23, 1941, perpetrated by Lithuanian nazis.[1]