Pelėdnagiai
Pelėdnagiai | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 55°14′49″N 23°57′40″E / 55.24694°N 23.96111°ECoordinates: 55°14′49″N 23°57′40″E / 55.24694°N 23.96111°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
County | Kaunas County |
Municipality | Kėdainiai district municipality |
Eldership | Pelėdnagiai Eldership |
Capital of | Pelėdnagiai Eldership |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,016 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pelėdnagiai (formerly Russian: Пеладноги, Polish: Pełednogi) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1016 people.[1] It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the Nevėžis river, by its tributary the Ašarėna. Roads to Kėdainiai, Babtai, Jonava, Šeduva go next to Pelėdnagiai. There are kindergarten, library, culture house, cemetery. The Pelėdnagiai Botanical Sanctuary is located nearby.
History
The name derives from the Lithuanian word pelėdnagis (literally 'one with owl's claws') which means 'ham-fisted, dummy'.[2]
Pelėdnagiai has been known since 1659. There was the Pelėdnagiai manor (some of its buildings are still present nearby the Nevėžis river) and watermill.[3] During the Soviet era Pelėdnagiai largely developed as it was a central settlement of Kėdainiai forestry farm and an administration of the Directorate of Land Development and Building (Lithuanian: Melioracijos statybos valdyba, MSV).[4]
Demography
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Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011 |
Notable people
- Vytautas Koncevičius (1941–1991), one of the 13 January Events victims, lived in Pelėdnagiai before his death.
Images
Solar clock in Pelėdnagiai
References
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Lietuvos vietovardžių geoinformacinė duomenų bazė" [Geoinformation database of Lithuanian toponyms] (in Lithuanian). Lietuvių kalbos išteklių informacinė sistema. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ "Pełednogi". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 940.
- ^ "Pelėdnagiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 343.
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