Betygala

Town in Samogitia, Lithuania

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55°21′40″N 23°22′0″E / 55.36111°N 23.36667°E / 55.36111; 23.36667Country

LithuaniaEthnographic regionSamogitiaCounty

Kaunas CountyMunicipalityRaseiniai district municipalityEldershipBetygala eldershipCapital ofBetygala eldershipPopulation

(2011)

• Total488Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Betygala is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 488.^[1] In the 13th and 14th centuries the town had a noted Samogitan fortress, attacked by the Teutonic Knights numerous time.^[2] One of the first churches in Lithuania was built in the town. Mikalojus Daukša was the parish pastor from 1592 to 1603.^[2]

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^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 16, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Simas Sužiedėlis, ed. (1970–1978). "Betygala". Encyclopedia Lituanica. Vol. I. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. pp. 338–339. LCCN 74-114275.