# Lygumai

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{{Expand Lithuanian|topic=geo|date=June 2009|Lygumai}}
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| subdivision_name1=[Samogitia](/source/Samogitia)
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| subdivision_name2=[Šiauliai County](/source/%C5%A0iauliai_County)
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'''Lygumai '''([Yiddish](/source/Yiddish): ליגעם) is a small town in [Pakruojis District Municipality](/source/Pakruojis_District_Municipality), [Šiauliai County](/source/%C5%A0iauliai_County), northern-central [Lithuania](/source/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](/source/Grand_Duke_of_Lithuania) was mentioned.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/lygumai/ | title=Lygumai }}</ref>

Within the [Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/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](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_II_August) to a royal geometer ([surveyor](/source/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](/source/German_occupation_of_Lithuania_during_World_War_II), 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](/source/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](/source/%C5%A0ukioniai), {{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](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_Baltic_states). 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==
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Category:Towns in Lithuania
Category:Towns in Šiauliai County
Category:Holocaust locations in Lithuania

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