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Lančiūnava

Coordinates: 55°20′49″N 24°09′11″E / 55.34694°N 24.15306°E / 55.34694; 24.15306
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Lančiūnava
Village
Lančiūnava is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Lančiūnava
Lančiūnava
Location in Lithuania
Lančiūnava is located in Lithuania
Lančiūnava
Lančiūnava
Lančiūnava (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°20′49″N 24°09′11″E / 55.34694°N 24.15306°E / 55.34694; 24.15306
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipVilainiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
503
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Lančiūnava (formerly Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-pl)[1] is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 503 people.[2] It is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Kėdainiai, by the A8 highway, surrounded by the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest. There is a school, a vocational school, a kinder garden, a library, a forestry, a former manor palace with a park, a Catholic church of St. Casimir (built in 1880).

History

The Lančiūnava manor and village has been known since 1587. The manor was a property of the Kognowicki family of Italian descent. At the beginning of the 20th a nobleman Stanisław Kognowicki rebuilt the palace. The Kognowickis were known for cruel oppression of serfs.[3]

During the Soviet era Lančiūnava developed as a sovkhoz with an agriculture and technology school (opened in 1940).[4]

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1902163—    
1923172+0.26%
1959303+1.59%
1966526+8.20%
1970732+8.61%
1978937+3.13%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979514−45.14%
1985920+10.19%
1989918−0.05%
2001655−2.77%
2006635−0.62%
2011503−4.55%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

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References

  1. ^ "Łanczanów". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 5. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1884. p. 583.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Kviklys, Bronius (1965). "Lančiūnava". Mūsų Lietuva (in Lithuanian). Vol. 2. Boston: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 452.
  4. ^ "Lančiūnava". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 2. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1986. p. 474.