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Barupė
The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Žinėnai village, in Jonava District Municipality. It flows northwards, then in Pamelnytėlė turns to the west. It meets the Nevėžis next to Labūnava village. The upper course in channalised. The lower course has a deep valley. The course has a width of and depth of . The flow rate is . A large Labūnava Reservoir is dammed on the Barupė river, also smaller ponds are located on the Barupė valley in Kuigaliai and Labūnava. Sangailiškiai, Kuigaliai, Pėdžiai, Nociūnai, Serbinai, Labūnava villages are located on the shores of the Barupė. A part of river's lower course is protected as the Barupė Landscape Sanctuary. The hydronym is of uncertain origin. The component ''upė'' means 'river' while the root ''bar-'' coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barupė Landscape Sanctuary
The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Žinėnai village, in Jonava District Municipality. It flows northwards, then in Pamelnytėlė turns to the west. It meets the Nevėžis next to Labūnava village. The upper course in channalised. The lower course has a deep valley. The course has a width of and depth of . The flow rate is . A large Labūnava Reservoir is dammed on the Barupė river, also smaller ponds are located on the Barupė valley in Kuigaliai and Labūnava. Sangailiškiai, Kuigaliai, Pėdžiai, Nociūnai, Serbinai, Labūnava villages are located on the shores of the Barupė. A part of river's lower course is protected as the Barupė Landscape Sanctuary. The hydronym is of uncertain origin. The component ''upė'' means 'river' while the root ''bar-'' coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mėkla
The Mėkla is a river of Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 27 kilometres and has a basin area of 93 km². It is a left tributary of the Barupė. The Mėkla river starts nearby Preišiogala, in Jonava District Municipality. It flows towards north western direction through Kaunas District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, then empties into the Labūnava Reservoir on the Barupė river next to Pamėkliai village. Preišiogala, Puikoniai, Gelnai, Saviečiai, Pamėkliai villages are located on the shores of the Mėkla. The hydronym A hydronym (from el, ὕδρω, , "water" and , , "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As a ... probably derives from Lithuanian words ''mėkla'' ('dummy') and ''pamėklė, pamėkla'' ('phantom, ghost, spook'). References Rivers of Lithuania Kėdainiai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labūnava Reservoir
The Labūnava Reservoir is an artificial lake in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located south from Kėdainiai, next to Labūnava village. It was created in 1977, when a dam on the Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Žin ... river had been built next to Labūnava village. In 2003, the dam was reconstructed and a small hydroelectric plant (of 160 kW) has been built. Shores of the reservoir are curvy, often grown by reed beds. The reservoir mostly is surrounded by agriculture lands, but a small section of the Labūnava Forest is located nearby. The water is used for irrigation. References Lakes of Kėdainiai District Municipality Reservoirs in Lithuania {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urka
The Urka is a river of Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Barupė. The Urka river starts in the Bitvanas Forest, in Kaunas District Municipality. It flows towards north western direction through Kaunas District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, then empties into the Barupė river next to Labūnava village. Karaliūnai, Butkūnai, Užumiškiai, Kačergiai, Pakapiai, Labūnava villages and Vandžiogala town are located on the shores of the Urka. A small pond is dammed on the Urka nearby its mouth. The hydronym is of uncertain origin. One version is that it derives from Lithuanian verb ''urkioti'' ('to scold, to wig'), another version that it could be of Finno-Ugric Finno-Ugric ( or ; ''Fenno-Ugric'') or Finno-Ugrian (''Fenno-Ugrian''), is a traditional grouping of all languages in the Uralic language family except the Samoyedic languages. Its formerly commonly accepted status as a subfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labūnava
Labūnava (formerly russian: Лабуновъ, Лабуново, pl, Łabunów) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 747 people. It is located from Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the Nevėžis river, by its tributary the Barupė. The Labūnava Reservoir on the Barupė is located next to the village. There is a kidergarden, a library, a school, a forestry, an agriculture cooperative, a Catholic church of the Divine, a cemetery, some relics of the former manor (two towers, hunter house). History During the 14th century, Labūnava was under attacks from the Teutonic Knights. It was mentioned for the first time in 1364, in the chronicle of Hermann von Wartberge. The Labūnava Manor has been known since the 16th century. Labūnava has been burnt during Napoleon's campaign in 1812. Labūnava developed greatly during the Soviet era. It became a center of the "Eastern Dawn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuigaliai
Kuigaliai is a village in Jonava district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 409 people. Village established on Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Žin ... river. Education * Barupė primary school References Villages in Jonava District Municipality {{Jonava-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pabarupys
Pabarupys (formerly russian: Подборупе, pl, Podborupie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village was uninhabited. It is located from Labūnava, by the Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Žin ... river and the Pašiliai Forest. The Barupė Hydrographical Sanctuary is located nearby. In the beginning of the 20th century Pabarupys was an estate. Demography References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania.Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania 2014 p. 12 It is the second longest river in Lithuania, after the Šventoji, that flows exclusively within its borders. Its is in the , and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pėdžiai
Pėdžiai (formerly russian: Пядзи, pl, Piadzie) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 80 people. It is located from Nociūnai, by the Barupė river, between the roads "Jonava-Šeduva" (KK144) and A8. There is a cemetery and a pond. History Pėdžiai (as ''Pedins'') has been mentioned the first time by Hermann von Wartberge in 1372, when the village was raided by the Teutonic Order. Later, it have been mentioned in ''Die Littauischen Wegeberichte''. In the beginning of the 20th century Pedžiai was an ''okolica In Poland and Lithuania okolica szlachecka or akalica (in Lithuanian) is a kind of estate village (''neighbourhood of the nobility''), or a complex of several villages of the same first part of the name and different second part. In the past, it was ...'' (a property of the Noreikiai, Abakevičiai, Paulavičiai, Rimavičiai, Jurevičiai families). A par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nociūnai
Nociūnai (formerly russian: Нацуны, pl, Nacuny) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 304 people. It is located from Kėdainiai, by the Barupė river, next to the crossroad of the Jonava-Šeduva (KK144) road and A8 highway. There is a library, a community center, a former school, a cemetery, an ancient burial site. History The Nociūnai Manor was a property of the Šiukštos family in the 19th century. There was a wooden familial tomb-chapel, built in 1805. During the Soviet era, Nociūnai was a center of the "Spike" ''kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...''. Demography Images Nociūnų kapinės.JPG, Nociūnai cemetery Via Baltica tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbinai
Serbinai (formerly russian: Сербины, pl, Serbiny) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 40 people. It is located from Labūnava, by the Barupė river (the Labūnava Reservoir The Labūnava Reservoir is an artificial lake in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located south from Kėdainiai, next to Labūnava village. It was created in 1977, when a dam on the Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jo ...). There is a grain elevator. History In the beginning of the 20th century Serbinai was an estate of the ''Miłosz'' (''Milošai'') family. Demography References Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaunas County
Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties ( Lithuanian: singular ''apskritis'', plural ''apskritys''), all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into 60 municipalities (Lithuanian: singular ''savivaldybė'', plural .... It is in the centre of the country, and its capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished. Symbols The county's coat of arms can be blazoned as follows: ''Gules, an aurochs head caboshed argent ensigned by a cross Or between his horns enclosed by a bordure purpure charged with ten evenly distributed crosses of Lorraine Or.'' The flag's heraldic blazon is identical, since the flag is a banner of the arms. Municipalities The county is subdivided into municipalities: References External linksSocial and demographic characteristics of Kaunas County [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
