Juodupė

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Juodupė
latd=56|latm=05|lats=20|latNS=N|longd=25|longm=36|longs=40|longEW=E
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = LTU
subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region
subdivision_name1=Aukštaitija
subdivision_type2=County
subdivision_name2=Panevėžys County
subdivision_type3=Municipality
subdivision_name3=Rokiškis district municipality
subdivision_type4=Eldership
subdivision_name4=Juodupė elderate

subdivision_type6=Capital of
subdivision_name6 = Juodupė elderate

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population_total = 2,043
population_as_of = 2001
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timezone=EET
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Juodupė (literally: "black river") is a small town in Rokiškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located near the confluence of Juodupė rivulet with Vyžuona not far from the border with Latvia. According to the 2001 census, its population was 2,043. [cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.lt/en/pages/view/?id=1712 |title=Number of population by county, city (town) and municipality |publisher=Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania | date=2005-12-01 |accessdate=2008-07-30] Juodupė received city rights in 1956, but lost them on December 16, 2002 and became a town. [ [http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=197361 Dėl gyvenamosios vietovės pavadinimo pakeitimo] ]

Juodupė started growing around a wool spinning mill, established in an old windmill in 1907. In 1931 the mill went bancrupt and was bought by "Nemunas" company, which resumed operations. [lt icon cite book | last=Semaška | first=Algimantas | title=Kelionių vadovas po Lietuvą: 1000 lankytinų vietovių norintiems geriau pažinti gimtąjį kraštą | edition=4th ed. | year=2006 | publisher=Algimantas | location=Vilnius | isbn=9986-506-90-4 | pages=295 ] During the World War II, the town burned to ground, but was quickly rebuilt. The mill was reconstructed into a large factory, employing over 1,000 people. It almost went bankrupt when Lithuania declared independence in 1990 and severed factory's economic ties with Russia. Today the factory is operated by UAB Baltic Mills and employs over 200 people.lt icon [http://www.juodupe.lt/verslas Verslas] ] Another major employer is a peat extraction company in the nearby Naujasodė village.

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