Official Name: | Želva |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lithuania |
Coordinates: | 55.2189°N 25.0969°W |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Vilnius County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Ukmergė district municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | Želva eldership |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 457 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Želva is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 457 people.[1]
The town has a Catholic church and a synagogue. Želva is the birthplace of Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Aaron Klug.[2]
On July 26 and 27, 1941, the Jews of the town were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen and local Lithuanian collaborators. 60 people were killed.[3]