Gudžiūnai

Gudžiūnai (formerly Polish: Gudziuny, Russian: Гудзюны) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Dotnuvėlė River. The town has a Catholic Sacred Heart church, a secondary school, and a post office. There is also a train station (Gudžiūnai GS) just outside the town.

Gudžiūnai
Town
Gudžiūnai church
Coat of arms
Gudžiūnai
Location of Gudžiūnai
Gudžiūnai
Gudžiūnai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°30′30″N 23°46′20″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipGudžiūnai Eldership
Capital ofGudžiūnai eldership
First mentioned1653
Population
 (2011)
 • Total491
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

The name Gudžiūnai has been in use since at least 1653. The first church was built in 1812, and the current church was built in 1911. At the end of the 19th century Gudžiūnai became a town and from 1919 it was a volost center. During the Soviet era Gudžiūnai was a kolkhoz center.[1]

Demography
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1820330—    
1897688+0.96%
1902675−0.38%
1923762+0.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1939932+1.27%
1959752−1.07%
1970507−3.52%
1977810+6.92%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1979893+5.00%
1985756−2.74%
1989719−1.25%
2001656−0.76%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2011491−2.86%
Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011
  • Tujų street
  • View from helicopter

References
  1. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 2. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1986. p. 14.


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