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Sidabravas is a small town in
Å iauliai County Å iauliai County () is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the north of the country, and its capital is Å iauliai. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Å iauliai County remains as a territorial a ...
,
Radviliškis district Radviliškis () (; ; , ''Radvilishok'') is a city in the Radviliškis district municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania. Radviliškis has been the administrative center of the district since 1950, and is an important railway junction. History ...
in northern-central
Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. As of 2011 it had a population of 532.


History

The town was founded in 1829, when Matas Tracevskis, the owner of Rokoniai Manor, built the Church of the Holy Trinity on his land near the village of Miškiai, as the nearest churches in
Šeduva Šeduva () is a town in the Radviliškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located east of Radviliškis. Šeduva was an agricultural town dealing in cereals, flax and linseed, pigs and geese and horses, at the site of a royal estate and ...
and Naujamiestis were a too far away. After the church was completed, people began to build houses around it. At the end of the 19th century, it is mentioned as a village in
Panevėžys County Panevėžys County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania, counties in Lithuania. It is in the north-east of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Panevėžys. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since tha ...
, belonging to Å eduva parish. In 1999, the coat of arms and the flag of Sidabravas were introduced by the Decree of the
President of the Republic of Lithuania The president of the Republic of Lithuania () is the head of state of the Republic of Lithuania. The president directs and appoints the executive branch of the Government of Lithuania, represents the nation internationally and is the commande ...
.


References

Towns in Lithuania Towns in Å iauliai County {{Å iauliaiCounty-geo-stub