Pelėdnagiai

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.

Pelėdnagiai
Village
Pelėdnagiai
Location in Lithuania
Pelėdnagiai
Pelėdnagiai (Lithuania)
Coordinates: 55°14′49″N 23°57′40″E
Country Lithuania
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityKėdainiai district municipality
EldershipPelėdnagiai Eldership
Capital ofPelėdnagiai Eldership
Population
 (2011)
  Total1,016
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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

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

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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). 3. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1987. p. 343.
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