Žemaitkiemis

Žemaitkiemis
Town
Žemaitkiemis
Location of Žemaitkiemis
Coordinates: 55°18′20″N 24°58′40″E / 55.30556°N 24.97778°E / 55.30556; 24.97778
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Vilnius County
MunicipalityUkmergė district municipality
EldershipŽemaitkiemis eldership
Capital ofŽemaitkiemis eldership
Population
 (2011)
  Total
261
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Žemaitkiemis (literally: Garden of Samogitians) is a town in Ukmergė district, Lithuania. It is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Ukmergė. The Neo-Baroque Church of Saint Casimir was built in 1902. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 261 people.

Town's coat of arms, adopted in 2017, feature the Žemaitkiemis meteorite that fell near the town in 1933.