{{Expand Lithuanian|topic=geo|date=June 2009|Lygumai}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement --> | name = Lygumai | settlement_type= Town | nickname = | image_skyline =Lygumaibaznycia.JPG | imagesize= | image_caption =Central square | image_shield =Lygumai COA.gif | pushpin_map = Lithuania | pushpin_map_caption=Location in Lithuania | pushpin_label_position = | subdivision_type =Country | subdivision_name ={{flag|Lithuania}} | subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region | subdivision_name1=Samogitia | subdivision_type2=County | subdivision_name2=Šiauliai County | subdivision_type3=Municipality | subdivision_name3= | subdivision_type4=Eldership | subdivision_name4= | established_date = | established_title= | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 601 | coordinates = {{coord|56|0|20|N|23|39|30|E|region:LT|display=inline,title}} | | timezone=EET | utc_offset=+2 | timezone_DST=EEST | utc_offset_DST=+3 }}
'''Lygumai '''(Yiddish: ליגעם) is a small town in Pakruojis District Municipality, Šiauliai County, northern-central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 601.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_06.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 14, 2017}}</ref> It is the administrative center of the {{ill|Lygumai elderate|lt|Lygumų seniūnija}}.
==History== In 15th century the Lygumai estate of the Grand Duke of Lithuania was mentioned.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/lygumai/ | title=Lygumai }}</ref>
Within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the place was also known under the Polonized name '''Ligumy'''. It is known that the place was given by Stanisław II August to a royal geometer (surveyor) Czapski for the general survey of {{ill|royal table estates|pl|Ekonomia (dobra królewskie)}} and later changed owners several times.<ref>[http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_V/229 p. 229]</ref>
In the beginning of August 1941, during the German occupation of Lithuania, the Jews of the village, about 80 men and over 100 women and children were mass murdered. The mass execution was perpetrated by German Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/96/|title = Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania}}</ref>
==Elderate== Major villages of the elderate (over 100 inhabitants, as of {{ill|Lithuanian Census of 2011|lt|2011 m. Lietuvos gyventojų surašymas}}) include Šukioniai, {{ill|Stačiūnai|lt}}, {{ill|Dvariškiai|lt}}, {{ill|Degučiai|lt}}, and {{ill|Kauksnujai|lt}}.
==Attractions== The present building of the {{ill|Holy Trinity Church (Lygumai)|lt=Lygumai parish Holy Trinity Church|lt|Lygumų Švč. Trejybės bažnyčia}} was constructed during 1902–1915. It is listed among the tallest buildings of Lithuania. Its exact height was measured in 2016 and found to be 73.84 meters, including the 3-meter top cross.<ref>Janina VANSAUSKIENĖ, [http://old.skrastas.lt/?data=2016-06-17&rub=1065924810&id=1466090071 "Sužinotas tikras Lygumų bažnyčios aukštis"], skrastas.lt, June 17, 2016</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Siauliai County}} {{Authority control}}
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