Čiulai is a small village, located about east of Mindūnai along the Highway 114 in the municipality of

Molėtai Molėtai (; ; ) is a city in north eastern Lithuania surrounded by lakes. One of the oldest settlements in Lithuania, it is a popular resort for the inhabitants of Vilnius. According to the 2013 census, it had 6,302 inhabitants. Known for the fam ...

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. As of 2011, it had a population of 38 people. Two small lakes lie to the southeast of the village, Tramys I and II and the larger Baltieji Lakajai.

History

The village was first mentioned in baptismal records of Molėtai in 1688. In 1941, the Čiulai estate was devastated by the

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according to the Lithuanian Archives.

Notable people

* Povilas Budrys (born 1962) stage actor

References

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