Biržai
Biržai (ⓘ, also known by several alternative names) is a city in northern Lithuania. Famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle manor, the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries.
Biržai | |
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City | |
Biržai Castle of the Radziwiłł family | |
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Coat of arms | |
Biržai Location of Biržai | |
| Coordinates: 56°12′N 24°45′E | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Panevėžys County |
| Municipality | Biržai district municipality |
| Eldership | Biržai city eldership |
| Capital of | Biržai district municipality Biržai city eldership Širvėna eldership |
| First mentioned | 1455 |
| Granted Town rights | 1589 |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 10,146 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | birzai |
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