Ažytėnai

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Ažytėnai
Village
Ažytėnai 3.JPG
Ažytėnai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Ažytėnai
Ažytėnai
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°27′40″N 23°37′19″E / 55.46111°N 23.62194°E / 55.46111; 23.62194Coordinates: 55°27′40″N 23°37′19″E / 55.46111°N 23.62194°E / 55.46111; 23.62194
Country Lithuania
CountyLTU Kauno apskritis flag.svg Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipKrakės Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total239
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ažytėnai (formerly Polish: Ożytany,[1] Russian: Ожетаны, Ожитаны) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 239 people.[2] It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Krakės, by the Ažytė river and its tributary Ažytėlė. There are library, school, medicine station, agriculture cooperative.

Ažytėnai is famous for being a living place of Lithuanian writer, agronomist (1852–1944). His house now is a memorial museum.

History[]

On 1 April 1863 a big battle of the January Uprising occurred between Ažytėnai and Lenčiai villages. About 600 insurgents, led by , Bolesław Roman Dłuski and K. Ciszkewicz had confronted Russian imperial army. In 1910 the first school was opened in Ažytėnai.

During the Soviet era, Ažytėnai was a kolkhoz center and between 1950 and 1963 a selsovet center.[3]

Demography[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1859370—    
1902450+0.46%
1923312−1.73%
1959265−0.45%
1970236−1.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979289+2.28%
1984253−2.63%
1989322+4.94%
2001314−0.21%
2011239−2.69%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Images[]

  • Mikalojus Katkus house

  • A barn in the Mikalojus Katkus homestead

  • Traditional house in Ažytėnai

  • Village cross

References[]

  1. ^ "Ożytany". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 798.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Ažytėnai". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 2. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. 2002. p. 399.


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