Pelėdnagiai

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Pelėdnagiai
Village
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Pelėdnagiai is located in Kėdainiai District Municipality
Pelėdnagiai
Pelėdnagiai
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°14′49″N 23°57′40″E / 55.24694°N 23.96111°E / 55.24694; 23.96111Coordinates: 55°14′49″N 23°57′40″E / 55.24694°N 23.96111°E / 55.24694; 23.96111
Country Lithuania
CountyLTU Kauno apskritis flag.svg Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipPelėdnagiai Eldership
Capital ofPelėdnagiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,016
Time zoneUTC+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 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[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1859395—    
1902187−1.72%
1923192+0.13%
1959234+0.55%
1970505+7.24%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979760+4.65%
1986975+3.62%
19891,066+3.02%
20011,039−0.21%
20111,016−0.22%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Notable people[]

  • (1941–1991), one of the 13 January Events victims, lived in Pelėdnagiai before his death.

Images[]

  • Toponym geosculpture

  • Eldership administration

  • Solar clock in Pelėdnagiai

References[]

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Lietuvos vietovardžių geoinformacinė duomenų bazė" [Geoinformation database of Lithuanian toponyms] (in Lithuanian). Lietuvių kalbos išteklių informacinė sistema. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. ^ "Pełednogi". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 940.
  4. ^ "Pelėdnagiai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 343.

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