Žeimelis

Žeimelis
Žeimelis
Location of Žeimelis
Coordinates: 56°16′N 23°59′E / 56.267°N 23.983°E / 56.267; 23.983
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
CountyŠiauliai County
MunicipalityPakruojis District Municipality
Capital ofŽeimelis elderate
First mentioned1500
Population
 (2011)
  Total
953
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Žeimelis is a small town in northern Lithuania, 40 km to the north from Pakruojis, near the border with Latvia. It is a centre of an elderate. According to a census in 2011, Žeimelis had 953 residents. Town of Žeimelis is a state-protected urbanistic monument. The town of Žeimelis has a town square with inns from the 18th and 19th centuries; the inns were adjusted for defensive needs as well. Žeimelis has museum of Semigallia.