Lančiūnava (formerly russian: Ланчуново, pl, Łączynów, Łonczynów, Łanczanów, Łanczunowo)
[ is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in ]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 ...
, in central Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 503 people.[ It is located from ]Kėdainiai
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23, ...
, by the A8 highway, surrounded by the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest
The Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest ( lt, Lančiūnavos–Šventybrasčio miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located north east to Kėdainiai, around Lančiūnava and Šventybrastis villages. It cove ...
. There is a school, a vocational school, a kinder garden, a library, a forestry, a former manor palace with a park, a Catholic church of St. Casimir (built in 1880).
History
The Lančiūnava manor and village has been known since 1587. The manor was a property of the Kognowicki family of Italian descent. At the beginning of the 20th a nobleman Stanisław Kognowicki rebuilt the palace. The Kognowickis were known for cruel oppression of serfs.[
During the Soviet era Lančiūnava developed as a '']sovkhoz
A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, abbreviated from ''советское хозяйство'', "sovetskoye khozyaystvo (sovkhoz)"; ) was a form of state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.
It is usually contrasted wit ...
'' with an agriculture and technology school (opened in 1940).[
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Demography
Images
Lančiūnava, bažnyčia 2.JPG, Lančiūnava church
Lančiūnava, profesinis centras 2.JPG, Lančiūnava vocational school (former agriculture school)
Lančiūnava, akmuo.JPG, Lančiūnava entrance
Dubenetasis akmuo lanciunavoje 2.JPG, Lančiūnava sacred stone with engraved flat-bottomed bowl
References
Villages in Kaunas County
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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