Ylakiai

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Ylakiai
Town
Coat of arms
Ylakiai
Coordinates: 56°16′50″N 21°51′0″E / 56.28056°N 21.85000°E / 56.28056; 21.85000
Country	Lithuania
County	Klaipėda County
Population  (2011)
• Total	950
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Ylakiai (Polish: Iłoki) is a small town in , in northwestern Lithuania. According to the census of 2011, the town has a population of 950 people.^[1]

History[]

Ylakiai was first mentioned in 1568 in the inventory list of parish made by Jokūbas Laskovskis. At that time Ylakiai village was in the dominion of Skuodas estate.

In 1894 a church was built there, which stands to this day.

In July 1941, 300 Jews were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by Lithuanian nazis.^[2] A monument stone was erected in 1965 but a new monument was erected in 1988 at the location of the massacre.

In 2002 President of the Republic of Lithuania approved the new coat of arms of Ylakiai.^[3]

An urban monument stands in the central part of the town.

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