Žostautai or Zaštautai (formerly russian: Заштовты, pl, Zasztowty) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in

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, in central

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. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 53 people. It is located from

Pernarava Pernarava (formerly russian: Пернараво, pl, Pernarowo) is a small town in Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 232. It is located from Ariogala, from Kėdainiai. There are ...

, between the

Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest The Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest ( lt, Lapkalnio–Paliepių miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality and Raseiniai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located to the north east from Ariogala. It covers an area of . It consist ...

and the

Šušvė Šušvė is a river in central Lithuania, a right (the longest) tributary of the Nevėžis river. It begins in Kelmė district municipality, 6 km (4 mi) southeast from Tytuvėnai. The river passes through Tytuvėnai and Sulinkiai Marshes ...

river. There is a farm.

History

Žostautai has been known since

1596 Events January–June * January 6– 20 – An English attempt led by Francis Drake to cross the Isthmus of Panama ends in defeat. * January 28 – Francis Drake dies of dysentery off Portobelo. * February 14 – Archbishop John Whitg ...

. There was Žostautai village and '' folwark'' at the end of the 19th century. During the Soviet era it was a subsidiary '' kolkhoz'' settlement.

Demography

Images

Žostautai (Pernaravos sen.).JPG, Žostautai from the west Žostautų stogastulpis, 2019.JPG, Žostautai

roofed pole Roofed pole or roofed pillar ( lt, stogastulpis, plural: ''stogastulpiai'', from ''stogas'' – 'roof' and ''stulpas'' – 'pole, pillar') is a traditional Lithuanians, Lithuanian wooden shrine. They may have anywhere between one and three layers o ...

(''Žostautų stogastulpis'') Žostautai, 2019.JPG, Western part of Žostautai nearby forest

References

Villages in Kaunas County Kėdainiai District Municipality {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub